• Original research article
  • January 1, 2018
  • Open access

TRANSLATING PSEUDO-INTERNATIONAL WORDS IN APPLICANTS’ RESUMES

Abstract

The article examines pseudo-international words typical of applicants’ resumes. The authors analyze lexical units describing working procedure, the names of company departments, the sections of the resume, applicants’ qualities. The paper presents typical mistakes when translating most frequent terms. Some reasons for the appearance of incorrect interpretations and repetitions of misuse of the English phrases in the creation of texts in Russian are analyzed.

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Author information

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Milyutina

Samara State University of Economics

Elena Evgen'evna Shikhatova

Samara State University of Economics

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Publication history

  • Published: January 1, 2018.

Keywords

  • псевдоинтернациональные слова
  • «ложные друзья переводчика»
  • лексика о приеме на работу
  • перевод описания качеств кандидата
  • язык резюме
  • варианты перевода
  • pseudo-international words
  • “translator’s false friends”
  • recruitment vocabulary
  • translating the description of applicant’s qualities
  • resume vocabulary
  • variants of translation

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