MORE ON DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE ANOMALIES AS ISSUES OF TRANSLATION STUDIES

The focus of the paper is on the discourse as a notion of linguistics. The paper defines the notions of text and discourse, identifies their characteristics and attempts to differentiate them. The focus of the paper is also on the problem of interpreting “translation unit”, “translation outcome” and “translation quality” as the basic notions of the translation studies provided there is a shift from text to discourse. There is a review of Russian and non-Russian publications on the problem. It clarifies the features of discourse that require its performing in a certain context and community and consider it as a dynamic element. The paper provides different definitions of translation unit and translation outcome and by analyzing the clarified features suggests connecting the notions with discourse. The main focus is on the translation quality that is connected with translation norms and the norm of the target language in particular. The paper attempts to broaden the notion of norm, since language and discourse are developing elements. It suggests analyzing the translation from the point of the norm and the language anomaly as well. The language anomaly is not defined as a mistake but as an intended violation of the literary norm to increase the influence on the recipient, for the language anomaly also has a non-linguistic purpose. The paper provides examples of the language anomaly in English and estimates the quality of its translation into Russian in order to conclude on the need for identifying and reproducing the language anomaly in a target text.