Translating English terms in the sphere of high technologies into French
This article dwells upon the problem of translating English terms in the sphere of high technologies into French. Its relevance is due to the constant increase in the number of English loan words in modern French, which is caused by the continuous development of modern technologies precisely in the English-speaking countries - the USA and Great Britain and their spreading throughout the world. At the same time, the cultural policy of the French Republic is aimed at protecting its own language. The authors of the article pay special attention to the types and methods of borrowing English terms. They have developed their own simplified classification of borrowing methods based on the conventional ones. This classification enabled the authors to analyse the terms highlighted in French articles on high technologies and to identify the most popular ways of translating them. The authors come to the conclusion that when translating English terms into French, their adaptation is carried out, such borrowing methods are selected that allow avoiding an overabundance of English loan words in French, in spite of the dominance of English-speaking countries in the field of new technologies.