Stylistic Code Inconsistences in Machine Translation of Information Press Releases

The article considers the adequacy of machine translation in terms of linguistic norms in the target language and compliance with the corresponding stylistic genre. The relevance of the study is determined by the active implementation of artificial intelligence technologies that provide the possibility of machine translation, which contributes to the optimization of communication processes. The aim of the study is to analyze official press releases from English into the Russian language with the help of DeepL, an online translator. The research material included 2024 governmental information materials – press statements, media notes, special briefings, and notices to the press – a total of 35,000 words. The research methods included definitional analysis, establishing the correspondence of the target language to the source language in terms of equivalence and adequacy, semantic-contextual analysis. As a result, multiple cases of word-by-word translation, violations of Russian linguistic norms in stylistics, lexical combinatorics, and syntax were identified. Stylistic inconsistences occur due to word-for-word translation and insufficient analysis of the surrounding context. In terms of frequency, stylistic errors are classified in the descending order: incorrect translation of abbreviations, violations of lexical combinatorics, syntagmatics and morphology. Literal translation and translation-free method are applied for translating abbreviations and lexical units lacking Russian equivalents. In order to avoid violations of stylistic norms of the Russian language, a deeper semantic analysis of the original text is required for adequate selection of terms, adverbial collocations and nominative units. The identified cases of stylistic violations indicate the need to train the translation program in the methods of holistic transformation, semantic development and complex linguistic units of the official business style. Recommendations for improving the online translator’s work include learning clichéd expressions and extended syntactic constructions peculiar to the Russian official formal style, which are much more complex than the equivalent English structures.

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