EQUIVALENCE AND METHODS OF MEANING TRANSFER OF SOMATICISMS WITH THE COMPONENT “HEAD” FROM ENGLISH TO RUSSIAN

Abstract

The article discusses ways to transfer somaticisms with the component “head” from English to Russian. These units are common, able to form phraseological units, they possess high inter-linguistic equivalence, reflect practical experience and national-cultural perception of the people. The study material presents 100 somaticisms with the component “head” in English and 120 somaticisms in Russian. The authors identify the correspondences of these units in translation and classify them according to the value to full, partial and zero equivalents. The article summarizes the results of the study: there are established 13% full, 65% partial, 22% zero somaticisms equivalents. Full equivalents are transferred by calcing and selecting a phraseological analogue; partial equivalents – by lexical translation, zero equivalents – by descriptive translation and by equivalent selection in translation language.