The Problem of Realia and National Words in Literary Translation (Based on the translation of Gafur Gulyam’s novella "Yodgor")

Toshtemirova Manzura Abdunabi qizi; Yusupov Asror Rayimqul o‘g‘li

Authors

Toshtemirova Manzura Abdunabi qizi Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
Yusupov Asror Rayimqul o‘g‘li Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages

Keywords:

realia, national words, transcription, transliteration, descriptive translation, calque, phrase

Abstract

Translation can be seen as a process, which deals with comprehending the content of a text in one particular way and representing it again in another. From the perspective of a product, it indicates what the impression made by that text is on the culture of that target language. The translator's skill reflected in the quality of a translation and how well it's assimilated into the target culture. The main difficulties that arise for a translator in the process of its conversion are associated with the transfer to the target language of cultural concepts, realia, traditions and words relating to national realities. In this study, the problems of content and solutions to them were analyzed on the example of translation of Gafur Gulyam’s novella “Yodgor”.

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