Securing accuracy in the translation of economic literature through the application of information and communication technologies

Abstract

The article presents the difficulties which a translator may encounter in the translation of economic literature and the possible solutions. The examples have been excerpted from the description of an international project under the Erasmus+ program, where the translation is from English into Bulgarian, as well as from the content of two learning modules in management accounting, where the translation is from Bulgarian into English, and demonstrate various lexical and grammatical problems. The focus falls mainly on the achievement of precision in the translation, bearing in mind the fact that the content shall be accessible to the users in five different languages, which means that in addition to being precise, the translation shall also be understandable to the speakers of the remaining four languages. Emphasis is also placed on the fact that this would be difficult to achieve without the use of information and communication technologies in a digital environment, because besides crafting every detail, which necessitates consulting more than one source, it is of utmost importance the job is completed within the set deadline. In this respect, the article shall be interesting to both linguists and translators and economists who work in the field of management accounting.