RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1562010.22363/2313-2299-2017-8-1-148-157ARTICLESСТАТЬИResearch ArticleTranslating from a Lingua Franca in the Setting of EU TranslationПеревод с linguafranca в условиях перевода в ЕвросоюзеBednárová-GibováKlaudiaБеднарова-ГибоваКлаудиаInstitute of British and American Studies, Faculty of Artsklaudia.gibova@gmail.comUniversity of Prešov1512201781VOL 8, NO1 (2017)ТОМ 8, №1 (2017)14815721032017Copyright ©; 2017, Bednárová-Gibová K.Copyright ©; 2017, Беднарова-Гибова К.2017Bednárová-Gibová K.Беднарова-Гибова К.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/15620This conceptual paper explores English as a lingua franca of the supranational translational EU culture by determining translational specificities of EU institutional-legal texts. Set against a specific linguistic and translational background, the problems of equivalence, terminological (in-)congruence, nature of the source text and institutionalization of translation are discussed in order to draw attention to the particularities of the EU’s translational practice. Using a synoptic-interpretative approach, different ways of understanding EU discourse and translation are suggested in the paper.Эта концептуальная публикация рассматривает английцский язык как lingua franca в наднациональной переводческой традиции Евросоюза путем определения переводческих особенностей институционных юридических текстов ЕС. С учетом специфики языковой и переводческой базы проблемы эквивалентности, терминологической (не-) конгруентности, природы источников текста и институирования перевода обсуждаются с целью привлечения внимания к особенностям переводческих практик, существующих в странах Евросоюза. 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