CONTEXTUAL PECULIARITIES OF TRANSLATION OF POLYSEMANTIC WORDS (BASED ON MATERIAL OF THE BOOK BY J.K. ROWLING “HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE”)

Abstract

In the presented article devoted to the comprehensive study of polysemy in the aspect of translation decision the author offers the contrastive analysis of translation of polysemantic words into Russian. The author also characterizes the examples from the perspective of the most adequate translation decision. The object of the research is the determination of the causes of translation mistakes in communication of the meaning of polysemantic words. The article defines the concept ‘context’, describes its characteristics and main types. The author offers the classification of examples of translation of polysemantic words according to contextual peculiarities. Such an approach will be useful for specialists in the sphere of translation theory. The results of the conducted research can be implemented for translation quality assessment and also in linguodidactics.