DIFFICULTIES IN CONVEYING RUSSIAN HUMOR WHEN TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH

The issues of humor translation in works of fiction are always relevant due to cultural and historical features. This paper examines the difficulties that arise when translating a comic based on the work "Monday Begins on Saturday" by A. N. and B. N. Strugatsky, which is the novelty of the study. The purpose of the work is to examine the comic moments of the original text and their translation in order to identify the transformations applied and determine whether the comic effect has been preserved.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-04-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15305510
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Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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DIFFICULTIES IN CONVEYING RUSSIAN HUMOR WHEN TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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DIFFICULTIES IN CONVEYING RUSSIAN HUMOR WHEN TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH

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Abstract

The issues of humor translation in works of fiction are always relevant due to cultural and historical features. This paper examines the difficulties that arise when translating a comic based on the work "Monday Begins on Saturday" by A. N. and B. N. Strugatsky, which is the novelty of the study. The purpose of the work is to examine the comic moments of the original text and their translation in order to identify the transformations applied and determine whether the comic effect has been preserved.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
National University of Uzbekistan (UZ)
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Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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