MODES OF LITERARY TRANSLATION OF SIMILES (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE NOVEL BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA")
Korshunova Elena Sergeevna
Omsk State Transport University
Submitted: 24.02.2018
Abstract. The article describes simile as an expressive means of the literary style by the example of the novel by E. Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea". During the research all the founded similes were divided into various groups according to the theme, structure, the degree of complexity. The author presents difference between similes and comparisons. Simile is matching two subjects, which have one common feature, for better characterization of one of them, while comparison is matching two objects belonging to one class. The main modes of translation of similes are considered. Finally, the article concludes that the translation of all the founded similes from the novel is close to the original.
Key words and phrases: образное сравнение, стилистическое средство, объект сравнения, сравнительная конструкция, тематическая группа, структурный тип, simile, stylistic means, object of simile, comparative construction, thematic group, structural type
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