PRESERVATION OF NATIONAL CULTURAL COLOR IN TRANSLATIONS OF R. GAMZATOV’S WORKS INTO RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article examines a problem of preserving national and cultural flavor in Rasul Gamzatov’s translations into Russian. It is noted that the poet’s work is characterized by national coloring, which poses the greatest difficulty for translation, since the translator and the foreign-language reader do not always understand certain realities, images, traditions, customs reflected in the original work. Thus, it seems relevant to study the originals and translations of Rasul Gamzatov in order to identify the features of preserving national and cultural flavor. The article is the first to conduct a comparative analysis of the works of R. Gamzatov indicated in the article with a view to preserving national and cultural flavor. The research allows to conclude that not all poetic translations by R. Gamzatov retain the national and cultural flavor of the originals. Instead of lexical and artistic means that have a national coloring, words and expressions characteristic of Russian national culture are used, and the traditions and customs of the peoples of the original language are also incorrectly conveyed.