Methodological approaches to the study of lexicographic stratification of economic terms in English-Ukrainian translation dictionaries

The article critically analyses the methodological practices of studying the lexicographic stratification of economic terms in English-Ukrainian translation dictionaries. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the effectiveness of the key methods and techniques used in these methodological practices, in particular, the structural method and its technique, namely component analysis, as well as the functional method. The importance of quantitative and statistical methods is emphasized in such studies to determine the frequency of use of terms, which allows establishing the regularities of their functioning in texts of professional languages. The study also underscores the expediency of using the methods of unification, normalisation and cluster analysis, which contribute to the process of standardisation of industry terminology. The role of translation dictionaries for terminological practices is explored, with an emphasis on the importance of reflecting in them the ways of adapting authentic terms to the norms of the target language and the peculiarities of sectoral terminology, especially economic terminology. Preliminary assumptions suggest that the existing methodological practices do not have clear criteria for stratifying the terms of professional languages, which impacts the quality of the compiled lexicographic resources of the translation type. The proposed methodology includes four stages. The first stage involves the systematisation of terms according to the criteria of abstraction, scale, research object and sectoral differentiation. This makes it possible to classify terms depending on their level of generality and scope. At the second stage, the structural method is used to analyse the internal organisation of terms, including their phonetic, morphological, syntactic and lexical aspects. The third stage focuses on the semantic analysis of foreign language terms using distributional analysis to account for contextual differences. The fourth stage involves quantitative and statistical analysis using Zipf’s law to determine the frequency of terms. This helps to create frequency dictionaries that optimise the translation and adaptation of terminology. The developed methodology has the potential for further development of terminological translation lexicography and optimisation of interlingual professional communication processes.