CHARACTERISTICS OF ABBREVIATIONS OF ELECTRIC POWER TERMSIN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Various abbreviations in electric power terminology are widely used in technical documentation and professional communication. The paper presents the results of the analysis of specific details, ways of formation and translation of abbreviations within the relevant terminological area. The quantative and semantic methods of analysis have been used in the research. Out of dictionaries, standards, the industry journal and technical documentation English and Russian abbreviations were selected to serve as a basis for generalizing some of their patterns and difficulties of use. The research showed that initialisms are the most frequently used type of abbreviations in electric power terminology. The study resulted in compiling the glossary of English and Russian abbreviations that may be used for translating texts of this specialized field.