EASTERN REALITIES" IN THE "WESTERN" TEXT: THE PROBLEM OF INTERLINGUAL TRANSFER

Abstract

The article focuses on the issues related to the functioning of lexical units that reflect the life of the peoples of the East in the works of English-speaking authors. For the study the realia of historical India, (now represented by states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), conventionally united under the name of "Eastern realities" were chosen. The research methodology is based on the identification of these lexemes in the original texts and comparison of the methods of their representation in translations used by Russian translators. There are cases of variation of the latter, caused by their relative importance in the context - from transcription/transliteration (the degree of appropriateness of which may be different without a corresponding comment) to omission. The results of the research have practical value since they can be used in special courses on intercultural communication, linguistic studies, artistic translation. The theoretical significance is the possibility of using the presented method of assessing the translation adequacy for studies in other languages and in the theory of general translation.