Translation of a technical text is a special skill that, in the course of teaching ‘Foreign Language’ and related disciplines to the students of a technical university, must be developed and consolidated, since the future specialist is required to be able to obtain the necessary information, including those gained from foreign language sources. At the same time, the style of a technical text has its own characteristics, and then the question arises about the relevance of transferring information from a foreign language to the target language.