FAZIL ISKANDER’S HUMOR IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE STORY “FORBIDDEN FRUIT”

Abstract

The article analyses the specifics of the use of humor in the translation of Russian-language prose into English. Humor, which is an integral part of someone else’s culture and contributes to the formation of the idea of the comic in a given culture, causes difficulty for understanding in a foreign language environment. One of the most important tasks of the translator is to preserve the identity of the text, its ability to evoke equal understanding in the translating language. At the same time, it requires a careful attitude to the linguostylistic and linguocultural features of the original which is no less significant. As an illustrative material that makes it possible to draw attention to the features of the translation of the text containing humor. The article gives examples from the story “Forbidden Fruit” created in Russian by F.A. Iskander and from its English-language translation of “Forbidden Fruit” by R. Daglish. Ultimately, the presented and meaningful material demonstrates the specifics of the perception of humor in a different cultural environment and how to recreate and comprehend it in an English translation.