Новаторська концепція Сергія Засєкіна у сфері перекладознавства (аспектуальний огляд) / Serhii Zasiekin’s innovative concepts in the field of translation studies (aspectual review)

The article provides an aspectual review of the innovative concept of one of the leading Ukrainian researchers in literary translation, Professor Serhii Zaseikin, whose ideas have influenced the formation of the theory of modern translation studies. Methods of scientific analysis, synthesis, and generalization are used to comprehensively systematize the key provisions of the concept under consideration based on the actualization of the researcher’s works for 2013–2018. The theory of translation universals is studied, in particular, S-universals as a typical consequence of decoding the original text and T-universals as patterns associated with recoding the text in the target language. The empirical verification of the «Retranslation Hypothesis» based on the analysis of the English-Ukrainian corpus is characterized, which confirmed the existence of a systemic shift between early and later translations of the same work. The features of the application of modern computer tools designed to identify psycholinguistic features of translation, in particular LIWC and Textanz, are investigated. A quantitative description of hidden deformation tendencies that become apparent during translation is presented, and the regularities of translation activity in general are indicated. The concept of the «third code» as a type of translation language that arises at the intersection of the original and target languages and reflects the image of the translator is revealed. The ethical principles of literary translation are characterized, which, in S. Zaseikin’s concept, are associated with minimizing information distortion and preserving the author’s intention. Based on an analysis of S. Zaseikin’s concept, a number of clarifying dictionary definitions have been formulated that interpret innovative terms and can be used in terminology when compiling a specialized dictionary of translation concepts. The theoretical postulates presented are also important for the practice of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language, since translation is the basis for learning Ukrainian as a foreign language.