RUSSIAN REFLEXIVE CONSTRUCTIONS WITH A DATIVE SUBJECT AND METHODS OF THEIR TRANSLATION INTO CHINESE (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF F.M. DOSTOEVSKY’S NOVEL “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”)

Abstract

The article studies Russian reflexive constructions with a native subject and how to translate them into Chinese. The novel “Crime and Punishment” by F.M. Dostoevsky is chosen as a material for the study, as in this psychological novel such constructions are extremely frequent – they are used 303 times. In these constructions, 42 reflexive verbs and 3 reflexive impersonal forms are used. 35 passages and their translations into Chinese are analyzed (translated by Yue Lin). The analysis shows that in most cases the translator manages to adequately convey the meaning of uncontrollability (using special morphemes, “non-self-dependent” verbs and lexical means of context).