Teaching biomedical terminology using binary texts: linguocognitive and translation aspects

The purpose of the study is to form language competence as one of the main factors of professional growth of a future specialist. In particular, the research is based on the terminology of the field of biomedical engineering. Therefore, they need to be organized in order to simplify the definition process, to effectively highlight specific meanings and their translations, which in turn will allow scientists to explore certain phenomena and concepts with extraordinary accuracy. The article examines the peculiarities of cognitive and translational aspects of studying English and Russian terminology of biomedical engineering. It is noted that the specialized language of such an interdisciplinary field as biomedical engineering contains concepts that concentrate specific knowledge of technical, medical and topically scientific experience. In cognitive linguistics, concepts are considered in connection with the background knowledge. The specialized language of biomedical engineering is presented as a cognitive-communicative organization of concepts, notions and related terms in such highly specialized fields as bioinstrumentation, biomedical cybernetics, biomechanics, system physiology, rehabilitation engineering, diagnosis of diseases and disorders, etc. Translators should always take into account the following context criteria in the translation process: linguistic context, situational context and cognitive context. Based on the comparative analysis of binary texts – texts of the same genre and issue – the concept “sleep disturbance” is considered as a certain matrix of the terminological base of the concepts of the specified issue and basis for compiling highly specialized thematic mini-dictionaries. We must find as many unifying characteristics as possible, organizing the terms into conceptually similar groups, linking them with certain research methods, etc.

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