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THE QUESTION ARISED BY ONE OF THE TRANSLATORS WORKING IN THE ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN PAIR, MADE ME THINK THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF PHILOLOGY-TRANSLATION CRISIS.
is that really so?
1. the attempt to translate the English 'undergo' by the Ukrainian 'pidlyahaty' leads to the understanding that the translators are used to translate words , not senses;
2. the valency of the Ukr. 'pidliahaty' is that o a V+n (with a negative meaning):
thus, the word itself presupposes a deconstructive/negative meaning;
2. it could be senseless to use the phrase 'pidliahaty likuvanniu/terapiyi' as these second elements of the phrase presuppose a reconstructive/revatilizing actions- no negativity is meant in the line of treating procedures;
3. to translate the 'undergoing' in combination of 'therapy' one is to substitute the first element with the verbs 'zaplanuvaty/planuiet'sia' or 'rekomenduiet'sia'+ likuvannia/terapiya;
3. also: prohodyty/perenesty operatsiu
prohodyty terapiyu/likuvannia
4. it would be unpardonable, both ethically, logically and legally to translate the phrase as 'pidliahaty terapiyi' as the word pidliahaty has a deconstructive/negative meaning (mentioned above)
5. jokinly, we may say (though it would be a rude and inhuman) 'pidliahaty vymyranniu' but not 'likuvanniu', unless the latter is of deconstructive character which will not be a treatment but killing;
6. the same might be traced in Russian: the verb 'podliezhat' + n;
7. it is evident that the dictionary the translator used was compiled by a Russian native speaker, as a Ukrainian (phonetically) would never hear a phoneme of 'pidliahiaty'- the palatalization in such a vowel-consonant position is characteristic only of Russian speakers: the Ukrainian ones are closer rather to the English Language way of keeping the vowel-consonant balance;
8. thus, it is evident a dictionary where such 'pearls' are used cannot be trusted- there's no need to ask Rusian-speaking scholars to compile Ukrainian dictionaries - they will know the language technically, but they lack the knowledge of the so-called 'usus', and the inborn feeling of the Ukrainian Language;
9. a translator is to be a good scholar possessing analytical abilities- that's why we study the whole block of Philological Studies: to study, to analyse, to solve.
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