Reproducing Culturally Marked Elements of the Vertical Context in the Translations of Lesia Ukrainka’s “The Forest Song”

The article considers the problem of the vertical context in literary works as well as its role in translation. An overview of theoretical works forming the basis of the research is provided, although the main focus is on the language means which refl ect cultural and historical nationally marked features of a literary text. The texts under analysis are the fairy drama “The Forest Song” by Lesia Ukrainka and its translations made by P. Cundy, G. Evans, and V. Rich. Since realia and phraseologisms are known to be the key components of the literary text vertical context, the article concentrates on analyzing their functional characteristics in the texts mentioned with an emphasis on translation means used to reproduce meaningful national and cultural peculiarities. The analysis has shown that the most productive means of translation when dealing with phraseology are calque, descriptive translation, and partial equivalent, whereas realia are often reproduced by means of transcoding, full (or partial) equivalents, calque, explication, and hyperonymic changes. Sometimes the translator applies a combination of methods to achieve adequacy. Key words: vertical context, literary work, culturally marked element, phraseology, realia, translation, adequacy

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