TRANSLATION PECULIARITIES OF GERMAN ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES IN BERNHARD KELLERMANN’S NOVELS INTO THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation is one of the key problems in the field of Translation Studies. The research aim is to determine and compare means and techniques of elliptical sentences rendering in the translations of Bernhard Kellermann’s works Der Tunnel (The Tunnel) and Totentanz (Dance of Death), conducted by Oleksiy Longvynenko and Kateryna Holovatska, and AI. The main research methods were the total sampling method used for creating a research corpus; the method of contextual analysis applied for studying the functioning of elliptical sentences in German and Ukrainian; the method of description utilized for classifying and systematizing the units under study and the methods and techniques used to render them into Ukrainian; the method of comparative translation – for determining the criteria for optimal translation solutions applied when rendering elliptical sentences into Ukrainian; and elements of quantitative analysis – for performing calculations. The unique feature of Kellermann’s individual style is the use of a syntactic stylistic tool such as elliptical sentences. Elliptical constructions give expressiveness to the statement, logical function in question-answer sentences, and allow avoiding tautology. The majority of the units under study retain the incompleteness of the construction in the Ukrainian translation. Among 100% (144 sentences) of the elliptical sentences in the original language, 66% (95 sentences) were translated using elliptical sentences in the Ukrainian translation. In rendering elliptical sentences in Ukrainian, the translators utilized translation transformations, including replacement, addition, omission, and specification. Replacement occurring in 47% (23 cases) was the most frequent translation transformation applied by translators. Unlike the translators, the AI-translator completely rendered the German elliptical sentences in the Ukrainian translation. In some cases, the AI-translator failed to convey the emotional coloring of the original language, which the translators preserved in their translations.