Features of Newspaper Headlines Translation (Based on “The Guardian”)

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the translation analysis of the headlines of the British newspaper “The Guardian”. The study of newspaper headlines and methods of their transfer from a foreign language into Russian is relevant in a constant flow of information. Newspaper headlines are of great importance in modern life as they perform the task of attracting the reader's attention and conveying essential information at the same time. In this work, we review in detail the types of translation transformations by which the English-language titles are translated. Considerable attention is paid to particular examples of headlines and the identification of their translation specifics. Based on the study of the features of the newspaper headlines translation, the most frequently used transformations in the translation into Russian are identified and detailed statistics are given.