DIFFERENCES IN ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN WORD ORDER AS A CAUSE OF MISTAKES MADE BY BULGARIAN STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH

Abstract

The article deals with some major differences in the word order of Bulgarian and English sentences. It focuses on several problem areas in English translations of Bulgarian fiction that cause typical errors in word order. The author’s comments and conclusions are based on examples excerpted from Bulgarian native speaker students of English Philology. The causes for all noted errors can be grouped into several categories: insufficient knowledge of English word order, lack of individual practice, lack of appropriate translation training in secondary school, the very specifics of fiction translation.