Peculiarities of youth slang in the gaming sphere and difficulties of translating

Youth slang reflects current trends, social changes and cultural transformations in modern society. This factor explains the interest of linguists in the processes of language evolution - linguistic and cultural transformations that occur as a result of intercultural interaction. In the theory of translation and translation studies, it is important to search for ways of transcoding and transmitting information - decoding phenomena, events and objects of objective reality verbalized in youth slang. This article is devoted to the analysis of structural and semantic features of online gaming slang and a description of the methods of translating youth slang words and expressions from English into Russian. To analyze youth slang, as well as to differentiate the methods and techniques for translating lexical units of youth online gaming slang, the descriptive method is used in translation to classify and interpret the analyzed units, word-formation analysis, and the comparative analysis method, which allows comparing English and Russian lexemes and expressions. It is noted that one of the features of slang units is their variability and fragility due to the dynamic nature of youth slang development and the loss of functional and pragmatic load in the communicative process (displacement of existing units by new linguistic means, decreased activity of use - movement from the center to the periphery, falling out of speech use, etc.). The main methods of nomination typical for the formation of youth slang are: abbreviation (acronym), reduction, compounding and affixation; as well as borrowings, metaphors and homonymy. The authors come to the conclusion that the process of translating slang expressions from English into Russian requires a special approach, since slang has its own unique semantic richness, emotional expressiveness and cultural specificity.