编号 12(893) (2024)

The article discusses the use of empathy in conveying the author’s communicative intention on the example of the author’s translation of Tugdual de Gouvello’s autobiographical work "Enfant Fa’a’amu." In order to achieve the aforementioned goal, a number of methods were employed, including the method of contextual analysis, the method of comparative analysis and the method of solid sampling. It can be concluded that empathy allows the translator to gain insight into the author’s inner world, thereby enabling the determination of the communicative intention and the facilitation of the reader’s comprehension of the hidden meanings and the author’s experiences. It can be postulated that in order to achieve a communicatively equivalent translation, the translator needs to be creative.

The aim of the study is to investigate the patterns of interaction between the categories of expressiveness and emotiveness in the English-language media discourse in the USA. The results of the analysis allow for the identification of 9 types of expressive-emotive complexes, possessing a pragmatic function of externalizing the author’s emotions. An important element of new media is the use of the lexical-stylistic device of comparison to intensify simple expressive-emotive complexes.

The aim of the research is to determine the role of compound words in official-documentary texts by analysing utterances that contain them. The study material was obtained through systematic sampling from a Swedish language corpus and international legal documents, using a descriptive method as well as methods of structural and semantic analysis and contextual analysis. The findings indicate that the use of compound words reinforces the nominal character of official-documentary texts, increases their complexity index, and enhances the compression, compactness and static nature of the statements. Compound words are a crucial resource and a distinctive feature of formal language.

The article analyses two constitutive attributes of translation, which were singled out by A.D. Schweitzer - its secondary nature and representation of the source text in another linguistic and cultural environment. The aim of the study is to examine these attributes from the point of view of modern translation science including the theory of cultural transfer. The research uses descriptive and comparative methods, as well as typological and definitional analyses. The material of the study is theoretical works of leading Russian translation scholars. The result of the research is the author’s concept of secondary nature of translation emphasised its dual nature, that being reflected in the combination of both absoluteness and relativity in it.

The paper aims to identify precedent phenomena originating from fairy tales by H. Ch. Andersen and examine the specific features of their translation into Russian. The research materials include the Russian National Corpus of over 2 billion items. The study is based on descriptive and continuous sampling methods. The paper considers the factors that contributed to the popularity of Andersen’s fairy tales and their assimilation into Russian culture, as well as different approaches to the early and modern translations. The research results are the range of relevant linguistic units identified and the conclusion that the conservative strategy in recent translations is adequate and linked to the immediate recognizability factor.

The article studies the implementation of the basic metaphor “life is a trial / struggle for survival” in the novel “About a Boy” by Nick Hornby. The material for the study was the original text of the novel and a card index of contexts illustrating this metaphor, compiled on its basis. The study is carried out with the help of contextual and linguistic stylistic analysis. The analysis of the text shows that this metaphor becomes a means of reflecting the main characters’ worldview. In addition, the basic metaphor unites the entire text, gives it semantic and figurative integrity. Further analogies based on the basic metaphor, going back to various source spheres, form more complex structures. They clearly demonstrate the transformation of the characters’ worldview, their relationship with the world and people.

The research aims at a complex analysis of the semantic and functional properties of the Swedish word så. The task of the research is to discover the syntactic criteria which define its functional and semantic potential. When used adverbially, så functions as degree, extent and manner adjunct. As a syncategorematic word så can serve as a subordinating conjunction of consequence (less often of reason) in combination with att or on its own, but also as a coordinating copulative conjunction. Additionally, så is used as a discourse word, marking the beginning of the rhematic part of utterances containing an inversion with the placement of an expanded adjunct in the thematic position, as well as a reinforcing particle and an interjection.

The aim of the research is the study of the perception of F. M. Dostoevsky's work in Sweden in the 1880s. The method of the first article of the cycle is the analysis of the background of cultural and social phenomena and the ways of introducing Dostoevsky to Swedish readers. The article describes the role of G. Brandes, S. Kovalevskaya, E. de Vogüe, V. Benediktsson and G. af Geijerstam. The result of two articles is the description of reasons of interest to Dostoevsky and the aspects of his work that appeared burning for Swedish readers.

The article examines the documentary basis of two stories by V. A. Nikiforov-Volgin: “Pushkin and Metropolitan Filaret”, “Vaska Kirpichnikov and A. S. Pushkin”. The first story was published in Russia in a truncated form, the second was never published. By comparing the texts, it is shown where Nikiforov-Volgin follows the documents (or what he considers a document), and where he departs from the known facts. The reasons for the writer’s fiction are explained.

The article reveals the specificity of perception and representation of alchemical imagery and symbolism in the poetics of Novalis on the material of his poems and the novel “Heinrich von Ofterdingen”. To achieve this goal, cultural-historical and myth criticism methods were used, united by a systemic approach. Alchemy is a parascientific magical practice associated with the philosophical and mystical tradition of Hermeticism, which was singularly embodied in the aesthetics and creativity of Novalis. The alchemical allegorical-symbolic code is used by Novalis to embody the idea of spiritual transformation of the subject and the universe, as well as for the synthesis of science, magic, philosophy and art in verbal creativity, which is peculiar for the romantic mindset.

The difficulty of interpreting and deducing value-motivational meanings from cultural codes of diverse ethnocultures is covered in the essay. This scientific study aims to elucidate the notion of “cultural code” and investigate the methods of interpreting and deducing cultural data stored in national cultural codes. The primary research methods used in this study are conceptual, axiological, categorization, and analytical research methods. The discursive practices of different ethnocultures served as the research material. The study's conclusions included the definition of the term “cultural code,” the reasons why it is misunderstood, and strategies for mitigating the detrimental effects of ineffective cross-cultural communication.

The article examines the category of “success”, which, in our opinion, is one of the basic concepts of any national culture. To understand their position in the society, individuals use certain evaluation tools, among which “success” and “failure” express diametrically opposed coordinates. The research explores the category of “success” using examples from Russian and American cultures. It is shown that despite the general understanding of this category, there are distinctive features in how “success” is perceived in different national cultures. The article concludes that the concept is shaped by the specific characteristics of a country’s national cultural development.