PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH CULTURAL CONNOTATION IN THE NOVEL OF L.N. TOLSTOY “ANNA KARENINA” AND THEIR TRANSLATION INTO CHINESE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of phraseological units with cultural connotation and methods of their translation from Russian into Chinese. The material for the study is phraseological units with cultural connotation, taken from Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina” and their translation into Chinese. The author chose two translation versions (the translation of Cao Ying published in 1982 and translation of Gao Huiqun published in 2005). As a result of the analysis, the author concludes that in the translation process, the translator should pay attention to the hidden cultural connotation, which is one of the problems of transmitting meaning. The translator should use different methods of conveying the cultural connotation of phraseological units, for example, find an equivalent or analogue or add a comment in order to make the text more intelligible to the reader.