Language Features of Vehicle Sales Agreement in the Russian and English Languages: Translation vs. Localization
The aim of the article is to find out language features of Vehicle Sales Agreement in the Russian and English languages, significant from translation standpoint and localization one. The material under analysis is Vehicle Sales Agreements in the Russian and English languages, given on the Internet in open access mode. The main method of research is comparative analysis of the document texts in both languages. The article examines language features of the documents and reveals linguistic problems, connected with the translation of the documents from one language to another. The author offers solutions from localization standpoint. It is suggested that the main method in localization of Vehicle Sales Agreement should be the usage of some definite translation patterns for certain documents in both languages. The conclusion is that translation of documents cannot be done without using necessary localization tools.