Specifics of Cultural Transfer in Psychological Stories

The research outlines the theoretical and practical framework of the cultural transfer of Charles Dickens’s psychological story in comparison with Russian and the only early Armenian translations (published twice in Tiflis 1885/1886). One cannot fail to observe that Dickens’s short-story illustrated a piece of psycho-pathological creativity and carried some educational moral message behind the lines. The article focuses on the art of translation and the situation of cultural transfer which sheds light towards the translation philosophy of Russian and Armenian philologists. The comprehensive analysis of translations revealed that Armenian translation of Dickens' “Drunkard’s Death” has undergone a process of linguo-cultural transformation due to the Russian and Armenian socio-cultural value system and requirements. Both translations modify or alter certain contextual fragments due to the cultural areal. Both translations preserve the genre of psychological realism, along with the intertwinement of psychopathological descriptions. Obviously, such creativity will bridge the interdisciplinary connections of literature with psychology, psycholinguistics or neurolinguistics.