Specificity of the Russian Cultural Realia Presentation in the Russian and English Versions of V. V. Nabokov’s Novel "Conclusive Evidence"
Mitina Ol'ga Alekseevna
Bryansk State University named after Academician I. G. Petrovsky
Submitted: 14.12.2019
Abstract. The article examines the basic means and techniques to transfer the Russian cultural realia, their national colour while translating into English. The researcher provides linguo-culturological analysis of culturally meaningful linguistic units in a literary text, identifies their role when forming a linguistic worldview. The Russian and English versions of V. V. Nabokov’s autobiographical novel "Conclusive Evidence" serve as the research material. The conducted study shows that the author uses different translation techniques, though national specificity and national colour of the Russian cultural realia are sometimes lost.
Key words and phrases: межкультурная коммуникация, лингвокультурологический анализ, художественный текст, культурно-значимые языковые единицы, языковая картина мира, реалия, переводческий прием, cross-cultural communication, linguo-culturological analysis, literary text, culturally meaningful linguistic units, linguistic worldview, realia, translation technique
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