THE ADAPTATION OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AS A MEANS OF ACTUALIZATION OF ITS PRAGMATIC POTENTIAL IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATION

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to describe techniques of adaptation of “young adult” literature used to render its pragmatic potential when translating from English into Russian. The research material is the cycle of stories “The Diary of a Killer Cat” by Ann Finne and its Russian translations by D.V. Krupskaya, as well as the novel “Heaven Eyes” by David Almond and its Russian translation by M.M. Sokolskaya. The pragmatic adaptation of “young adult” literature is not only due to the difference in the structure of languages, it requires taking into account the norms adopted for a certain age category in the target culture, as well as social, psychological, and cultural differences between the recipients of the source and target texts. As a result of a comparative analysis of the source and target texts, it was found that the strategies chosen by the translators meet the requirements of adequacy: the techniques used are determined not only by the observance of the norms of the target language but also by the actualization of the pragmatic potential of the original in translation.