Beyond Words: Recognizing and Interpreting Allusions in Technical Texts

Multilingualism and Russia's Ethnic Cultures through English, French, German, Russian and Other Languages : Collection of Articles 2018
Marina Platonova, Larisa Iļinska, Tatjana Smirnova

Nowadays the traditional sources of allusions have considerably expanded under the influence of globalization and technological innovation. New multi-level, multi-modal and multi-functional allusions emerge in language, especially in the language for special purposes (LSP). Readers are constantly challenged by the authors of modern technical texts to explore new terminological and rhetorical horizons, to get acquainted with new meanings of well-known lexical items, and to experience new stylistic constructs. The paper investigates multi-level allusions introducing the ‘4R approach’ to dealing with challenges associated with translation of allusions.

Keywords
multi-level allusion, technical text, translation of allusions

Platonova, M., Iļinska, L., Smirnova, T. Beyond Words: Recognizing and Interpreting Allusions in Technical Texts. In: Multilingualism and Russia's Ethnic Cultures through English, French, German, Russian and Other Languages : Collection of Articles, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, 7-8 June, 2018. Saint-Petersburg: Herzen University Press, 2018, pp.132-140. ISBN 978-5-8064-2543-1.

Publication language
English (en)