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The Peculiarities of Translating Ukrainian Geographical Names  into the German and English Languages

Irhina Yu. V.pdf


Key words: the peculiarities of translating, Ukrainian geographical names, the German and English languages, translation means, the phonographical shape and inner form, Ukrainian toponyms, phonographical variability, onomastic correspondences, Germanic languages.


The article is based on the outcome of the research aimed at studying the peculiarities of translating Ukrainian geographical names into the German and English languages. In the focus of the investigation there are translation means which allow to render the phonographical shape and inner form of the different kinds of Ukrainian toponyms in the target languages adequately. As a result reasonable phonographical variability of onomastic correspondences of Ukrainian toponyms in Germanic languages was revealed.