FEATURES OF TRANSLATING SOCIO-POLITICAL REALITIES FROM RUSSIAN INTO FRENCH

Abstract

The article shares the results of an analysis of ways of transmitting socio-political realities from Russian into French. As a result of the study, an overview of scientific approaches to the classification of realities is presented; the main ways of conveying realities are identified based on the material of the novel “Second Hand Time” by S. Alexievich and its translation by S. Benesh; analysis of translation solutions is carried out. Based on the classification proposed by V.S. Vinogradov, the author identified 133 realities reflecting the state administrative structure and public life. Based on the analysis of language material, the prevailing translation techniques are described: transcription, descriptive translation, translator’s commentary, tracing, addition. The analysis also made it possible to identify combined methods of conveying realities.