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languages from which they were borrowed. English
words and phrases play a
dominant role among other borrowings. French names are also present in names as
France for many years has had a positive reputation for elegance and luxury items.
In recent years, the same factors contribute to the spread of Italian names, as well
as through melody of Italian language. High quality of German products and
precision machinery led into use German names of famous car brands. Also joint
Ukrainian-German enterprises in their names contain the name of a German co-
owner or a place name, indicating the location of the head office.
In recent years a number of names borrowed from other languages appeared
and also some errors in lexical and spelling rules were noticed.
Peculiarities of the political situation in which the society is nowadays,
explain a large influx of foreign words which are used to name objects of private
business: shops, clubs, cafes and salons. English
words predominate among
borrowings: airline
Federal Express, pharmacy
Welcome, the hotel
Azania, cafe
Mc Pizza & Chicken, shops
Cabani, Second Hand, etc.
Advertisement sand television program sarefull of foreign words. Foreign
investors also contribute to the names formation. Emerging
join tv enturestend to
have unusual names. Goods produced by the secompaniesal sooften have foreign
names. Some of domestic enterprises for fashion are called in English too, as if
pointing with its same name to their European quality.
Primarily prestigious and international words are borrowed. Particularly
prevalent among English-speaking ergonymsare names of computer clubs:
Android,
Hilton,
Spider; internet cafés:
Matrix,
Neo; nightclub sand entertainment
facilities for young people:
Chicago Bowling,
Cyber Zone Club,
Mooncity,
Redline.
This tendency can be explained by the fact that Englis his widely use damong
computer users as well as other segments of the population.
As
a result, new words, including trademarks (andergonyms), having
appeared in one country quickly become well known in many others. For example,
you can find
McDonaldse very where
.
However, the sound is the main party in perception, whereas the value of
foreign words is understandable only to those who mastered the language. In
addition,
there is some vocabulary, which cannot be translated into another
language because of absence of similar concepts and facts. Words and phrases that
have specific meanings are clear to native speakers, but not always to a recipient.
So, transliteration of "a speaking name" leads to semantic losses. Translation
sometimes causes introduction of alien national colour.
The name of any property object is a proper name so it may not be always
translated into
another language correctly, it must be recreated anew in the host
language. The translation of proper names is affected by their structural, semantic
and stylistic features. However, there are so-called word realities that may exist in
only one language and cannot be translated.
Foreign names appear as a result of different political, economic and cultural
changes in our life. The process of transformation of foreign words into the native
language receives much attention these days, but it has not been investigated
completely yet and requires further research.
The current process of ergonyms formation happens due to the formation of
new ergonymic units with the help of various ways and means. Ergonyms can also