A guest lecture on the topic: “Inequivalent vocabulary and means of its translation”
On September 18, 2026, a guest lecture was held at the Department of Foreign Languages for students of the first (bachelor’s) and second (master’s) levels of higher education on the topic: “Inequivalent vocabulary and means of its translation”.
The guest lecturer was Dmytro Viktorovych Shcherbyna – a translator, editor, writer, and PhD in Philology, a senior lecturer at the Department of Translation and Slavic Philology at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. He is a researcher whose professional experience bridges translation theory and practice, and an author of studies in linguistics, literary studies, and translation studies. His scientific interests include lexicology, comparative linguistics, and translation studies.
During the lecture, the speaker addressed the following topics: the nature of lexical non-equivalence; the classification of non-equivalent vocabulary (cultural realia, temporary non-equivalents, accidental non-equivalents, and structural exoticisms) and methods of translating it (transcoding, descriptive translation, calquing, and adaptation/analogy); and the specifics of translating proper names (transcoding, calquing, adaptation, and descriptive translation).
Special attention was paid to culturally marked units, realities, proper names, phraseological units, and nationally specific concepts that constitute the greatest complexity in the process of interlingual communication. The theoretical material was supplemented by an analysis of authentic examples from contemporary literature, media texts, and international communication.
The guest lecture became an important academic event that contributed to the development of professional competencies of future philologists, deepening their knowledge of translation theory, and forming practical skills in reproducing non-equivalent vocabulary in the context of intercultural communication.
We sincerely thank Shcherbina D. V. for the meaningful meeting, high professionalism, and inspiring discussion. Guest lectures are an important and systematic component of the training of higher education students at the Department of Foreign Languages and contribute to the integration of modern scientific achievements into the educational process.
Foreign Languages Department,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
