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In order to correctly make English Russian translation of a book, newspaper article or any type of creating writing one shall know how to translate correctly from English to Russian idiomatic expressions.
Weshall now take a close look at some features ofidiomatic expressions. An significant point which must be stressed is that idioms are not only colloquial phrases, as a lot of people think. They may appear in formal style and in colloquial speech. They can appear in verse or in the language of Dickens and newspapers.
Idioms are used widely, that is why an experienced English Russian translator is simply obliged to master certain techniques for translation of idioms from English to Russian, and for their translation from Russian to English.
What, then, is an idiomatic expression? We can say that an idiom is a collocation of phrases which, taken together, mean something unique from the individual words of the idiom when they stand alone. The way in which the words are put together is in some cases weird, illogical or in some cases grammatically wrong. These are the individual properties of some idiomatic expressions. Other idiomatic expression are completely regular and reasonable in their grammar and vocabulary. Due to the special properties of some idiomatic expressions, we shall study the idiom as a whole and we sometimes cannot amend any part of it (except perhaps, only the grammatical form of the verb).
English is very rich in idioms. Actually, it is difficult to speak or write English without using idiomatic expressions. An English native speaker is sometomes not aware that he is using an idiom; maybe he does not even understand that an idiom which he implements is grammatically incorrect. A non-native learner makes the correct use of idiomatic English one of his main aims, and the fact that some idioms are illogical or grammatically incorrect causes him trouble. Only careful study and exact learning will help.
It is impossible to be explained why a particular idiom has developed an unusual arrangement or choice of words. The idiom has been fixed by long usage as is often understood from the vocabulary.
Now, when you know what is an idiom you are ready to learn about methods for English-Russian Translation. English Russian translation is a skill hard to master but with due diligence anyone can do it.