Recommendations for translating document details into the Yakut language
https://doi.org/10.25587/2782-6627-2025-4-32-49
Abstract
A pressing scholarly and practical problem in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) is the lack of uniform standards for translating official document details into Yakut, the state language. This leads to spontaneity, variability, and incomplete compliance with language legislation. The purpose of this article is to develop scientifically sound recommendations for translating document details from Russian into Yakut to ensure their legal correctness, linguistic adequacy, and uniformity in office work. This paper utilizes methods of systematization, comparative analysis, terminological standardization, and a functional approach, taking into account the requirements of Russian GOSTs, local laws, and existing translation practices. As a result, a detailed system of rules for translating key document elements is proposed: abbreviations and acronyms, dates, document numbers, addresses, monetary units, and proper names with the unique Yakut components “uola” and “kyyһa.” Particular attention is paid to the choice between transliteration and transcription, the standardization of terminology, and the preservation of the original legal force of the translated elements. The developed recommendations have high practical significance, serving as a tool for implementing the republic’s language policy, a standard for translators and editors, and a resource for educational programs. Future research prospects include further codification of transcription rules, expansion of the work to industry-specific document types, and the integration of standards into digital translation environments.
About the Author
L. E. Manchurina
M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MANCHURINA Lidiya Egorovna, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of Department of Yakut Stylistics and Russian-Yakut Translation
Yakutsk
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Manchurina L.E. Recommendations for translating document details into the Yakut language. Altaistics. 2025;(4):32-49. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/2782-6627-2025-4-32-49
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