The Comparative Analysis of English Economic and Business Terms and Their Lithuanian Translation Equivalents

Abstract

The article presents the comparative analysis of English business and economic terms contained in
the Dictionary of Economics and the text-books on business and management and their Lithuanian translation
equivalents. The study was mainly based on the theory of linguistic relativity stating that the same message is
handled differently in different languages. All the terms analyzed were divided into separate groups according
to their structural and semantic peculiarities as well as the way of denoting the same concept. Major difficulties
encountered in translating English economic and business terms, their sources and ways of facilitating the
comprehension of the most difficult terms are also identified. Special emphasis is made on the analysis of
metaphoric English terms and their possible translation as a means of developing more flexible thinking habits
based on associations and alternative approaches to reality.