ADAPTATION OF THE NATIONAL WORLD PICTURE IN RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS OF HORACIO QUIROGA’S TALES

Abstract

The present research reveals the specifics of translations of Horacio Quiroga’s tales into Russian from the point of view of cultural linguistics. The relevance of the problem discussed is due to the growing interest in the discourse of fairy tales in modern linguistics and numerous attempts to translate and adapt classical fairy tale stories to different cultures. The choice of the analyzed material is determined by the presence of various types of vocabulary with national and cultural components in the tales of Horacio Quiroga that reflect the national world picture of the peoples of South America and constitute the aesthetic value of a literary work, which must be adequately conveyed in the translation. The introduction clarifies the notion of the national world picture and defines its components in a literary tale. The specific features of construction and linguistic content of Horacio Quiroga’s texts are highlighted. The purpose of the study was to identify the optimal strategy for conveying the national and cultural background in the translation of literary tales into Russian. The main difficulties in conveying the onomastic component of a tale and the employed figures of speech in translations from Spanish into Russian are analyzed. Special attention is given to the methods of compliance with the genre and style norms of translation, including the neutralization of elements of cruelty and naturalism in modern fairy tales for children. As a result, a conclusion is made that the domestication strategy makes it possible to adapt the text for the recipient who does not have an extensive background knowledge about the culture of the original text, which is especially important when translating children’s literature. The inevitable loss of information does not affect in any way the adequate transfer of the national world picture to a different culture and the reflection of the main moral values laid down by the author in the literary work.