Jungiamieji žodžiai anglų kalboje ir jų vertimas į lietuvių kalbą verslo tekstuose

Abstract

Pėtnyčaitė, Greta English linking words and their Lithuanian equivalents in businessrelated texts Professional Bachelor Thesis. Scientific advisor, associate professor, PhD Rima Jasnauskaitė, Kauno kolegija / University of Applied Sciences, the Language Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Education. – Kaunas, 2018. The paper includes 40 pages, 33 literature sources. The research is relevant for English business students and writers, but most importantly it could be beneficial for translators. The subject matter of the paper is the use of English linking words and their Lithuanian equivalents in business-related texts. The problem question of the paper is how English linking words have to be translated into Lithuanian while used in business-related texts. The aim of the paper is to analyse the use of English linking words and reveal their Lithuanian equivalents while translating business-related texts from English into Lithuanian. The objectives are to review the concept of English linking words at a theoretical level; to identify Lithuanian equivalents of English linking words used in business-related texts. The methods used include: 1) the analysis of theoretical references; 2) the descriptive comparative linguistic analysis. The paper consists of two main parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part gives a review of English linking words and their Lithuanian equivalents. The theoretical analysis is mainly based on ideas expressed in the texts of Greenbaum (1996), Eastwood (1999), Biber, Johansson, Leech, Conrad, Finegan (1999) and other Oxford grammar specialists. The practical analysis was carried out on the basis of the findings of the theoretical analysis. All linguistic data for linguistic analysis was found in D. Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook effect (2010) and its translation D. Kirkpatrick Facebook efektas (2010). The results of the linguistic study reveal grammatical syntax and punctuation differences between English and Lithuanian languages in business-related texts translations.