PANDEMIC LEXICON TRANSLATION PROPERTIES (ON THE MATERIAL OF TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The article is devoted to a deep analysis of the translational properties of pandemic vocabulary that emerged as a result of the global spread of COVID-19 based on Russian-Turkish comparison. The structural, semantic, and pragmatic features of new terms that have emerged in both professional and mass usage are explored. Particular attention is paid to neologisms, anglicisms, calques, hybrid models, and socioculturally determined forms. Semantic transfers, adaptation mechanisms of international terminology, and the sources of interference arising from the accelerated fixation of new units are analyzed. The properties that determine the complexity and multi-level nature of translation are identified: the dynamism of meanings, cultural marking, functional ambiguity, and the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach.