THE TRANSLATION PECULIARITIES OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC CREATURES NAMES FROM THE SERIES OF NOVELS BY J.K. ROWLING ABOUT HARRY POTTER AND THE NOVEL BY D.R.R. TOLKIEN “THE LORD OF THE RINGS”: COMPARATIVE ASPECT

Abstract

The article concerns a problem of translation of the author’s neologisms in the cycles of D. Rowling’s novels about Harry Potter, as well as D. Tolkien’s novel “The Lord of the Rings”. The researcher examines the ways of translating non-equivalent vocabulary, and also compares these methods used by different specialists in two cycles of novels. The purpose of the study is to consider in a comparative aspect the basic principles that guide translators when translating the author’s names of various creatures and to identify patterns in the translation of these names. The novelty of the research lies in conducting a systematic comparative study of the names of anthropomorphic creatures in two fantasy novels by two English writers. As a result, it is found that when translating neologisms, translators most often use transcription, transliteration, tracing, semantic translation, creation of neologisms. This article is dedicated to the researchers in the field of comparative linguistics.