OVERCOMING OF SOME CULTURAL DISCREPANCIES IN THE PROCESS OF INTERLINGUAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

Inadequate rendering of lexical units designating the size, volume, weight, as well as numerical parameters related to different measurement systems in a translated work of fiction are regarded and analyzed. Lack of strict differentiation of these systems and their confusion in the process of interlingual communication, namely in translating fiction, inevitably re- sults in cultural and stylistic distortions of the original as compared with its translation. Examination of the factual material enables the authors to conclude that once chosen, the strategy of translation aimed at the observance of the target language’s cultural norms should always be followed carefully without any deviations. The commentaries on the given examples include both concrete lexical correspondences and summarized means of rendering the lexical units mentioned. Upon further analysis, the authors make recommendations to lecturers of the comparative stylistics and translation, as well as to practical translators and interpreters for correct dealing with this type of units.