The Outline

1. The notion of language personality

2. Translator as a double language personality.

3. Culture of translator’s speech as a double language personality.

The short content of the lesson

1.Anymono lingual, bilingual and poly lingual communities include some language personalities. The types of language personalities depend on the number of languages they can use in communication. So we may differ mono lingual language personality, bilingual and poly lingual language personalities.

Thus communication may be realized in two languages using only definite combination of languages personalities –the subjects of team work. The communication is necessarily defined as two language communication if there are two different language monolinguals.

Translation may be qualified as sign, language, two language, indirect interaction of social subjects.

2. Translator is defined as a double language personality, because he organizes an interaction and communication of people with different languages and cultures. In this case people having different language competences can’t successfully interact with each other without Translator. So it means that a translator should have a special language communicative competence which includes not only language system knowledge: phonetics, lexis and stylistic but also social and cultural standards of speech behavior, communication experience.The double character of Translator’s communicative competence can be explained by presence of two language systems, by two speech behaviors and two national cultures and his communicative experience is based on communication with representatives of two different language communities.

3. The term “Culture” means in general a combination of spiritual and material values, created by people. The mustering culture supposes acquiring knowledge and skills for labor, communication and learning which are the main life activities of any society. So, culture of communication means not only knowledge, skills but also his education, relation toward others. His ability to express his thought, attentively listen to others, ability to make step first, ability to behave oneself in different situation.

4. Culture of speech communication includes such notions as “culture of speech”, “Culture of language”, “Stylistics”, “Psychology of speech”, “Esthetics and ethics of communication”.

Culture of speech is a system of its communicative qualities, which are in a definite interrelation with each other depending on situation, environment and other factors.

Culture of language is a degree of its development, richness of its lexis and syntaxes, exactness of its semantics, diversity and flexibility of its intonation.

The communicative qualities or criteria of culture of speech:

• Exactness, clarity and simplicity of speech;

• Appropriateness of speech;

• Purity of speech;

• Correctness of speech;

• Pleonasm

• Tautology– use of different words to say the same statement;

• Repetition of words;

• Validity, emotional and expressive character of speech.

Culture of translator’s speech as a double language personality.

Thus, culture of translator’s speech communication comprises a right perception of information and its adequate rendering, organization of adequate interaction and influence, using corresponding speech functions, verbal and non verbal means (mimics, gestures and others).

Questions for discussions:

4. What does definition of language personality depend on?

5. Why is Translator as a double language personality?

6. How is “culture”, “culture of speech”, “culture of communication” characterized?

Glossary

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Student's individual work:

1. Make an individual research of speech communication.

Office Hours:

1. Pragmatic aspects of speech communication.

Literature:

Main:

1. Общение. Текст. Высказывание. – М., 1989. Под ред. Сорокина, Тарасова.- С. 18-32

2. Пыриков Е.Г. Коммуникативные аспекты перевода и терминология: метод.пособие. – М.: Всерос.центр переводов, 1992. – С. 30 -65

3. Касымова Г.М. Культура профессионального общения будущего переводчика. Учебное пособие по спецкурсу. – Тараз, 2004. - С.22-27.

Additional:

Kazakh American University HAND-OUTS Discipline – Practical work on Culture of Speech Communication Academic year : 2013 - 2014 Number of credits – 2 Department “General Education and Humanities” Practical lesson№ 7-8: Bilingualism and Translation Translation Studies Students 2-year Academic Professor- G.M. Kassymova