Application of preservation and transformation translation strategies in Lithuanian translations of headlines in national geographic articles

The study discusses the application of preservation and transformation translation strategies in the process of translating headlines of articles in the National Geographic Lithuanian translations from the source language (English). The effectiveness and appropriateness of the translation is examined from both linguistic and cultural perspectives. The selected lexical items have been examined with the help of a contrastive descriptive analysis. The use of the above noted translation strategies as classified by Mona Baker [1992], Eirlys E. Davies [2003] and other linguists in translation studies is presented. Theoretical aspects are considered in the analytical part, taking into account the most frequent cases of the strategies employed for the translation form English to Lithuanian. In addition, the ways how to handle problems related to the translation of magazine headlines from English into Lithuanian are disclosed in the study. The concluding part of the analysis shows that the usage of the translation strategies in the process of translating usually meets the interests of the target text readerAnglų kalbos skyriusVytauto Didžiojo universiteta