FEATURES OF TRANSLATING PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS FROM RUSSIAN INTO ENGLISH

Abstract

The article examines the translation strategies employed in rendering phraseological units from B.L. Pasternak’s prose into English. The study addresses a conspicuous gap in existing scholarship: Pasternak’s phraseological legacy has received virtually no dedicated attention from translation researchers, whether in a broader comparative perspective or with specific reference to English. The investigation pursues a twofold objective – to systematise the phraseological inventory of Pasternak’s prose and to trace the patterns governing translators’ choices between competing rendering techniques. Both phraseological approaches, namely equivalent-based and analogue-based translation, and non-phraseological ones, including loan translation and descriptive rendering, are subjected to close analysis. Particular consideration is given to instances of translational inadequacy, where the semantic and expressive dimensions of the original idioms are imprecisely conveyed or distorted.