MODERN ISSUES OF BILINGUAL RUSSIAN ARABIC AND ARABIC RUSSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY: ELECTRONIC MEDIA VERSUS MATERIAL

The development of a language in the modern world, the dynamics and the speed of the social processes give sufficient impetus to the formation of new terms as well as new word forms. Interconnection of the social processes today put new challenges before the linguists to correctly employ methods of analyzing, systematization and practical implementation of language sources especially when dealing with such global languages as Russian and Arabic. Alongside with interstate contacts and relationships the role of dictionaries is increasing, thus strengthening the need in developing active dictionaries that could completely satisfy communicative requirements of a user in a particular sphere. This article examines issues of bilingual lexicography in its development, taking into consideration a tremendous rise of new technologies in the sphere of the language barrier elimination through dictionaries. It also analyses so called “old-school” methods versus modern digital in the sphere of lexicography by providing the overview of the main problems. Are book dictionaries still relevant? The rapid advancement of AI technologies in linguistics makes it important to analyze the current state of affairs in the sphere of lexicography, its problems and prospects of its development determined by human needs.