ASYMMETRIC USE OF DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS WHEN TRANSLATING TEXT FROM RUSSIAN INTO CHINESE

Abstract

The article studies demonstrative pronouns and their deictic and anaphoric functions in Russian and Chinese. The use of demonstrative pronouns in Chinese is a complex linguistic phenomenon, and it is far from sufficient to analyze it by simply analyzing the coincidence of the use of Chinese and Russian demonstrative pronouns. The objective of the article is to analyze the study of an adequate translation from Russian into Chinese, which can only be obtained by taking into account the differences in the use of demonstrative pronouns of near and far deixis. Particular attention is paid to the frequency of use of near deixis pronouns in Chinese is higher than in Russian, as a result of which, when translating, many Russian pronouns of far deixis must be replaced by Chinese pronouns of near deixis. In some cases, also translate Russian demonstrative words of near deixis with Chinese pronouns of far deixis. Based on the study of the Russian and Chinese texts, it is established that there is an asymmetry in the use of demonstrative pronouns and large differences in the strategies of near and far deixis in the two languages. In conclusion, the study of these differences is revealed what helps to solve many problems when translating a text from Russian into Chinese and vice versa.