DIVERGENCES IN THE GRAMMATICAL PATTERNS OF REPRESENTATION FOR A NUMBER OF REFERENTS AS A CHALLENGE FOR AN ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN TRANSLATOR

The article deals with the rendering of the singular and plural forms of an English noun into Ukrainian and investigates the reasons for divergence between numbers in the source and the target texts. The cases of interchangeability of the singular and the plural forms are analysed. The divergence in number forms is caused by different rules of word combining in some syntactical patterns in English and Ukrainian. The plural is supposed to be used when rendering the so-called “common number” of an English denotative noun in the singular. The authors also describe the stylistic functions of the plural form in the target and source languages.

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Annals of the University of Craiova Series Philology Linguistics
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2025-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.52846/aucssflingv.v46i1-2.158
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Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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The article deals with the rendering of the singular and plural forms of an English noun into Ukrainian and investigates the reasons for divergence between numbers in the source and the target texts. The cases of interchangeability of the singular and the plural forms are analysed. The divergence in number forms is caused by different rules of word combining in some syntactical patterns in English and Ukrainian. The plural is supposed to be used when rendering the so-called “common number” of an English denotative noun in the singular. The authors also describe the stylistic functions of the plural form in the target and source languages.

Annals of the University of Craiova Series Philology LinguisticsVol. 46(1-2)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA), National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (UA), Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (UA), Lviv Polytechnic National University (UA)
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DIVERGENCES IN THE GRAMMATICAL PATTERNS OF REPRESENTATION FOR A NUMBER OF REFERENTS AS A CHALLENGE FOR AN ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN TRANSLATOR — Nataliia ZHORNIAK, Liudmyla ZAHORODNIA, et al. · Annals of the University of Craiova Series Philology Linguistics (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS