Summary: This article reveals a phenomenon of romantic culture in the English literature of the XIX century. The poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” by G. Byron served as material of a research.

Keywords: romanticism, Byron, “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”.

Summary: The typological mistakes made in practical translation of engineering and technical instructions of the students of Construction training course were investigated.

Key words: translation, technical instruction, translation mistake, translation quality.

Summary: The criteria of translation quality estimation were investigated.

Key words: commercial documentation, wording of a contract, translation quality.