Translation errors in tourist guidebooks based on the analytical projects of second-year students of Russian studies

Abstract

This paper aims at analysing translation errors made by students of Russian Studies at an early stage of their Russian language learning and of translation of tourist texts (tourist guides and occasionally tourist brochures). The author attempts to define the underlying causes for errors and to categorise and evaluate them. This topic is relevant primarily due to the limited representation of this type of translation in undergraduate language study programmes at Polish universities. The analysis of the research material presented in this paper shows that with a limited number of classes, numerous translation errors present in students’ works (including purely linguistic errors) can be minimised only through a specific selection of exercises and individual work with the student.