INTRALINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF STYLISTIC EQUIVALENCE IN TRANSLATION (EXEMPLIFIED BY AMERICAN FICTION)

Abstract

Stylistic equivalence of an American original and its Russian translation based on different specific intralinguistic factors inherent in the source and target language systems as well as stylistically colored excerpts from the original inadequately rendered in the translated text are dealt with. Among the regarded intralinguistic factors enabling the usage of stylistically effective means the authors consider in particular – pun, alliteration, expressive occasionalisms, and abbreviations which are extremely difficult to be adequately rendered in translation. Inadequate correspondences are analyzed in detail and commented on, the most probable reasons of the distortions made are suggested, and in most cases the authors propose their own versions of adequate correspondences.