THE OBJECT, SUBJECT AND TASKS OF THE LINGUISTIC SUPPORT FOR FORCES

Authors

  • V.V. Balabin

Keywords:

translation studies, military translation (MILT), theory of military translation, linguistic support for forces (LSF)

Abstract

The author identifies the object, subject and main tasks of the linguistic support for forces (LSF). The LSF’s object encompasses measures, tasks, procedures and processes in the military-political, military-technical and special military fields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that require military-professional level of bilingual philological competence of performers. The LSF’s subject incorporates military translator/interpreter’s communicative-mediational, linguo-geographical, militaryterminological, linguo-pedagogical and linguo-research missions, who operates as the LSF’s main actor.

Published

2018-03-26