II.6. The method of integral transformation

Integral transformation is the variety of semantic development. The method of integral transformation can be briefly defined as transformation of a separate word or even the whole sentence. Besides, the transformation does not take place by elements, but integrally.

It is observed in regard to the other methods of lexical transformations. For example:

The examples above show that these colloquial correspondences have no general semantic components, and possess a different internal form and pass one and the same content by the devices of the different languages as well. The specific of colloquial speech more frequently requires integral transformation during translation.

Translation of combination «forget it!» in the above mentioned example is done by the device of semantic development when the Ukrainian correspondence, of course, is replacement of an action itself («forget about it») by its reason (it is not necessary to speak about it). This replacement can be defined more precisely as the method of antonymous translation.

However, the absence of general components between English combination of words and its Ukrainian correspondence gives a right to consider that it is produced by integral transformation.

What was said above explains in a sufficient extent, why the integral transformation serves the universal device of translation of Phraseological units. For example:

The figurative replacement of the expression by integral transformation, undoubtedly, is the important condition of achievement of faithful translation.