Translation issues at the syntactic level of English and Chinese advertising texts to the Russian language

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Authors: T. S. Shikina, A. V. Prynzina
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Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the thematic structure of the advertising text in the aspect of translation. The development of international relations actively promotes the entry of companies into foreign markets. In this regard, there is a need to spread information about goods and services to stimulate consumer demand among audiences who do not speak a foreign language. For this reason, there is a need for translation of various advertising texts. The purpose of the research is to study the peculiarities of translation of advertising texts taking into account the preservation of the semantic center of the original unit. The subject of the study is the thematic structure of the advertising text in English and Chinese and its correct interpretation when translating into Russian. Methods . The method of theoretical analysis of scientific literature on the problem under study, the descriptive method, and the method of continuous sampling were used in the work on the article. The advertising text in English and Chinese and its translation into Russian were subjected to the analysis. As a result of the study , the main ways of conveying the rhema in English, Chinese and Russian were identified; the authors proposed their own variants of translation taking into account the thematic structure of the original statement and determined the most popular ways of highlighting its semantic center. Conclusion . The relevance of the research is explained by the increased interest in advertising discourse in linguistics, as well as the little studied translations of Chinese advertising texts into Russian observing its correct thematic structure.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Language Communication and Linguistic Studies Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication International Relations in Latin America

Publication details

Journal / source
Proceedings of the Southwest State University Series Linguistics and Pedagogy
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
8–19
Publication date
2 January 2026