TRANSLATION FEATURES OF CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The article is devoted to the translation of clinical terminology in infectious diseases from English into Russian. The article deals with the features of the medical text and the structure and the etymology of clinical terms: most clinical terms are derived from Greek and Latin words and are compound words. We study the translation of clinical terms in Russian International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, depending on the structure of the word: translating clinical terms translators used such translation techniques as transcription, transliteration, equivalent, literal translation, descriptive translation and such translation transformations as addition, omission, specification, generalization, replacement of speech parts. We drew a conclusion that the most common methods for translating single-word terms are equivalent, literal translation, transcription and transliteration, while for two-and many-word terms the most frequent translation method is literal translation. The most frequent translation transformations are addition and generalization.