LITERARY TEXT AS AN OBJECT OF TRANSLATION

Аннотация

Статья посвящена рассмотрению художественного текста как особого объекта перевода, обладающего высокой степенью культурной, стилистической и эстетической значимости. Автор анализирует основные трудности, с которыми сталкивается переводчик при работе с художественными произведениями, включая передачу образности, ритма, лексико-стилистических особенностей, а также реалий и культурных коннотаций. Особое внимание уделяется проблеме сохранения авторского стиля и художественной целостности оригинала. В статье рассматриваются различные стратегии и методы перевода, используемые в современной практике, с примерами из классической и современной литературы. Работа направлена на обобщение теоретических подходовк переводу художественных текстов и может быть полезна как исследователям в областипереводоведения,так и практикующим переводчикам. Ключевые слова:художественный текст, перевод, переводческая стратегия, авторский стиль,образность,культурные реалии,лексико-стилистическиеособенности. Annotation:The article explores the literary text as a unique object of translation, characterized by its high degree of cultural, stylistic, and aesthetic significance. The author examines the main challenges faced by translators of literary works, including the transfer of imagery, rhythm, lexical and stylistic features, as well as cultural references and connotations. Special attention is given to the issue of preserving the author’s style and the artistic integrity of the original. The article reviews various translation strategies and methods used in contemporary practice, supported by examples from classical and modern literature. This work aims to summarize theoretical approaches to literary translation and may be of interest to both translation scholars andpracticing translators. Keywords:literary text, translation, translation strategy, author’s style, imagery, cultural realia, lexical and stylisticfeatures. Introduction An artistic text is a living organism, saturated with images, metaphors, intonation, rhythm and cultural meanings. It exists not just to convey information, but to create an emotional, aesthetic, and sometimes philosophical impact on the reader. That is why the translation of a work of art is one of the most difficult areas in translation studies: the translator is faced with the task of not just "translating words", but recreating artistic reality within a different linguisticand cultural system. 101 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS ISSN:3030-332X Impact factor: 8,293 Volume 11,issue2,May 2025 https://wordlyknowledge.uz/index.php/IJSR worldly knowledge Index: googlescholar, research gate, research bib, zenodo,open aire. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ru&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=wosjournals.com&btnG https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Worldly-Knowledge https://journalseeker.researchbib.com/view/issn/3030-332X Main part: The main feature of a literary text is its inseparability of form and content. Any change in the verbal fabric can affect the overall perception of the work. Therefore, artistic translation is not a literal translation of the text, but an interpretation, adaptation and artistic transformation. For example, inWilliam Blake's poem TheTyger, thefamous lines are: Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests ofthe night... in theRussiantranslation byYa. A. Smelyakov soundlike: Tiger, Tiger, burning fearat night, The flamein thewilds isage-old... Here, the translator not only preserved the rhythm and images, but also increased the emotional load, using vivid metaphors — "burning fear", "flame", which correspond to the spirit oftheoriginal1. Lexical and cultural transformation. Cultural realities, idioms, and historical and everyday details often require a creative approach. A translator may encounter realities that have no exact counterpart in the translation culture. For example, in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of TomSawyer: "Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep — for she wanted to trap him intodamaging revealments." Translated byI. I. Melchuk: "Aunt Polly asked him sly and thoughtful questions—she wanted to take him at his word so thathe would give himselfaway." Here, the translator abandons verbatim in order to accurately convey the intonation and essence of psychological pressure. The term "treachery" translates as "cunning," and "defamatory revelations" as "self—inflicted." Language play, humor, and allusions.Oneof the biggest difficulties is the language game. Wordplay, phonography, rhymes, and homonyms often defy literal translation. Sometimes the translator creates a new wordplay that matches the spirit oftheoriginal. In response to a question about the importance of being serious, Emmanuel Macron calls a punbythename"Ernest" (exactly the social adjective"honest"): "It's terrible fora person to suddenly discover that hehas been telling thetruth all hislife." Translated byM. Donskoy: "It's terrible when a person suddenly discovers that he's bee