CULTURAL REALITIES AND THE ISSUE OF EQUIVALENCE IN ARTISTIC TRANSLATION (IN THE EXAMPLE OF YU HUA'S NOVEL "LIVING")

Abstract

This article analyzes the problems of equivalence and interpretation that arise in the process of translating cultural realities found in the novel "To Live" by Yu Hua, a major representative of modern Chinese literature . The study identifies the semantic, historical and communicative functions of cultural realities in a literary text and examines the translation strategies used in their translation into another language. Since culturally loaded units embody the lifestyle, social relations, historical experience and worldview of a particular people, simple lexical conformity is not always sufficient in their translation. Based on various translations of cultural units in the novel "To Live", the possibilities of such methods as literal translation, descriptive translation, interpretation, adaptation and transliteration are analyzed. The results of the study show that in the translation of cultural realities, along with linguistic equivalence, cultural and communicative equivalence must also be taken into account