SPECIFICITY OF FUNCTIONING AND TRANSFER OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE ENGLISH MILITARY DISCOURSE
Modern English military vocabulary has a wide range of linguistic features and difficulties for translation. This article discusses abbreviations, their functioning and the specifics of translation in the field of military discourse. The article examines such terms as “military discourse” and “abbreviation”, identifies the main types of abbreviations: lexical and graphic. The article highlights the main features of the English military vocabulary, such as the index designation of the term and the use of conventional signs, which are used to designate different types of weapons and military equipment. The author identifies methods for transferring English military abbreviations into Russian, which include translation of the full form, lexical-semantic replacements, transcription, transliteration, descriptive translation, as well as translation of the full term and the formation of a new abbreviation in the translating language. The article identifies difficulties that can be encountered when translating English military abbreviations. Also the author provides quantitative data on the use of different methods of translating abbreviations, obtained by translation analysis of the charter of the US Army “DOA Sniper Training 1994”. In conclusion, the author summarizes the results and determines the frequency of use of abbreviation translation techniques.