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BSTRACT
The process of translating technical texts facilitates communication between different languages and
cultures. When translating technical texts, such as instruction manuals for household appliances, into
Uzbek, the application of compensation, grammatical, and lexical transformations is of crucial importance.
This article analyzes the significance and methods of applying translation transformations in the process
of translating «Blender» household appliance instructions from English to Uzbek.
K
EYWORDS
Blender, manual, compensation method, lexical transformation, transcription, transliteration, grammatical
transformation, antonymic translation, target language.
I
NTRODUCTION
Blender as a household appliance is an essential
tool that assist us in our daily lives. A proper
understanding of their functions, operating
methods, and maintenance principles enables
users to maximize the product’s utility. However,
the correct and precise translation of these
characteristics is not always easily accomplished.
The challenges that arise during the translation
process depend not only on the complexity of the
language but also on the specificity of technical
terms, cultural differences, and the perceptions of
the target audience. In this article, we will discuss
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Research Article
Translation Techniques for Rendering User Manual of
Household Appliances: Blender
Submission Date:
March 17,
2025,
Accepted Date:
April 13, 2025,
Published Date:
May 15, 2025
Crossref doi:
https://doi.org/10.37547/ijasr-05-05-04
Khudoyberdieva Dilshoda Qosim qizi
Denov Entrepreneurship and Pedagogy Institute, PhD student, Uzbekistan
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translation transformation that improve the
translating process of the instruction manual for
Blender household appliances and explore ways to
address them.
Literatures analysis
The
etymology of the name “blender” is traced back
to Scandinavia and its verb form was blend
(blenden) with the meaning of mixing together.
Due to blend-, base of the pres. indic. of Icel. blanda
(Swed. blanda, Dan. Blande), to blend; cognate with
A.S. and Go
th [1]. The word “blender” is formed by
adding the suffix “er” to the root “blend.”
The history of blender household appliances dates
back to 1922. The modern kitchen blender was
invented by American inventor Stephen Poplawski,
who patented a device for mixing beverages by
installing a rotating blade at the bottom of a
container. This appliance is known as a blender in
the United States and as a liquidizer in Great
Britain. The device was designed for preparing
carbonated beverages. L.H. Hamilton, Chester
Beach, and Fred Osious founded the Hamilton
Beach Manufacturing Company in 1910. The
company became famous for its kitchen appliances
and developed the Poplawski design [2].
When
translating
household
appliance
instructions, it is essential to fully understand the
concept of equivalence in translation theory. In his
book “Лингвистика перевода” V.N. Komissarov
expresses valuable thoughts about equivalence,
which is the main condition of translation, and its
levels [3]. Due to the fact that the full
correspondence of content between the original
and the translation is a primary necessity, many
researchers consider equivalence to be the main
feature and condition of translation. The resulting
conclusion is that equivalence corresponds to the
definition given to
translation, such as “replacing a
text in one language with a text of the same level in
another language [4].”
M
ETHODOLOGY
This article presents a comparative analysis of the
challenges encountered during the translation of a
Blender household appliance manual. In the
translation process, efforts were made to achieve
an accurate and appropriate rendering of the text,
primarily
through
the
use
of
lexical
transformations. It is essential for translators to be
familiar with technical dictionaries and to study
the theory of finding suitable word alternatives
based on context. Additionally, this article
examines and discusses types of translation
transformations which were used to translate
manual of blender household appliance properly.
R
ESULTS AND
D
ISCUSSION
During the process of translating the instruction
manual for a blender household appliance, we
encountered several challenges. To achieve an
effective translation, we utilized various lexical and
grammatical transformation methods. One of the
most common methods is compensation which is
used to make up for elements or effects lost during
the translation process by recreating them
elsewhere in the target text in a different but
similar way.
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Hervey and Higgins (1992) distinguish four
categories
of
compensation.
They
are:
compensation in kind, where different linguistic
devices are employed in the target text in order to
re-create an effect in the source text; compensation
in place, where the affect in the target text is at a
different place from that in the source;
compensation by merging, where source text
features are condensed in the target text; and
compensation by splitting, where the meaning of a
source text word has to be expanded into a longer
stretch of the target text [5]. We use the fourth
category while translating the usage section of
“Blender” manual.
Compensation by splitting was necessary when
translating the text “Before plugging in, ensure
Switch is off” into Uzbek. We observed that even if
the word “Switch” was omitted in the translation,
the meaning remained clear and fluent. It was
translated into Uzbek as: “Elektr tarmog‘iga
ulashdan oldin, o‘chirilganligiga ishonch hosil
qiling.” Additionally, the compensation method
was also employed during the next translation
process. The English phras
e “How to use” was
translated into Uzbek as “qanday foydalanish
kerak,” adding a new word which means “need”
through the compensation method.
Lexical transformation
refers to the process of
changing the vocabulary and word choices used in
the source text to better fit the target language.
Lexical transformations describe formal and
semantic
relations.
This
group
contains
transliteration, transcription, loan translation and
lexico-semantic
transformations
such
as
concretization, generalization and modulation [6].
In the “Important safeguards” section, the phrase
“Do not immerse the stand in water” was translated
into Uzbek using the transcription process of
lexical transformation for the word “stand,”
resulting in: “Stendni suvga botirmang.”
Transliteration process is also needed to translate
technical texts or instructions of household
appliances. In Translation Studies, transliteration
is generally seen as a procedure to convert a word
from one script to another. P. Newmark (1988)
proposes several translation procedures.
Transliteration, which is included in one of the
translation procedures, transference, is the
conversion of words from one writing system into
another. Newmark also uses transliteration for
conversion of words from one writing system into
another [7]. In the «Caution» section of the Blender
household appliance manual, it states “Do not let
ingredients exceed 1400ml.” We translated this
sentence using the word “ingredients”, knowing
that we could have used either “mahsulotlar” or
“ingredientlar” through transliteration. Both
translations would be understandable to the
reader. We translated it into Uzbek as
“Ingredientlar 1400mldan oshmasligi kerak.”
One of the most common transformation type is
grammatical
transformation.
Grammatical
transformations allow translators to adapt these
rules from the source language to fit the natural
flow of the target language. This might involve
altering sentence structure, verb forms, or
agreement to maintain the syntactic integrity of the
translated text. The primary goal of grammatical
transformations is to preserve the meaning of
original text while making adjustments for
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grammar and style [8]. It has different types and
ways and antonymic translation is one of them to
be used in translation process.
Antonymic translation
involves substituting a
word or phrase with its opposite, while also
altering the surrounding context to preserve the
overall meaning of the original text. This approach
is less common but highly affective in situations
where a direct or synonymic translation would
result in awkward phrasing or loss of nuance. The
most important features of antonymic translation
are contextual adjustment, emphasis on meaning
over form and idiomatic expression [9]. In the
Kitchen Mill section, we used antonymic
translation for the text “Operate the Mill until the
ingredients are ground to the desirable degree.”
We rendered it in Uzbek as “Ingredientlar kerakli
darajada
maydalanmaguncha
Maydalagichni
ishlating.” In this section, when translating the
subject-predicate structure from English to Uzbek,
the positive form in English is rendered using the
antonym of the grammatical structure in a negative
form, specifically using the construction
“maydalanmaguncha” in Uzbek. We observed that
the main text provided in this appliance manual
has its alternative translation in an easy and
understandable manner.
C
ONCLUSION
During the process of translating certain sections
of the blender appliance manual, we observed
frequent occurrences of the aforementioned
compensation,
lexical,
and
grammatical
transformations. Through this process, we
endeavored to transfer the original text into Uzbek
in the technical field, maintaining maximum clarity
and accuracy. The use of transformations in
translation not only enhances the quality of the
translated material but also aids readers in better
understanding the intricacies of the appliance. This
approach helps to convey the subtle aspects of the
technology more effectively to those who will be
reading the instructions.
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