INTRODUCTION 3
CHAPTER 1. THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF ABBREVIATIONS STUDYING 5
1.1 The notion of abbreviation 5
1.2 Shortening of spoken words and its causes 8
1.3 Types of Shortening 15
CHAPTER 2. MAIN METHODS OF TRANSLATION OF ABBREVIATIONS FROM ENGLISH INTO RUSSIAN 19
2.1 The peculiarities of appliance of abbreviations in modern English 19
2.2 Ways of translation of abbreviations into Russian 25
CONCLUSION 29
BIBLIOGRAPHY 31