Lexical Transformations Applied in the English Translation of Ukrainian Belles-Lettres Works (With Particular Focus on the Narratives by Maria Matios)

Abstract

The thesis investigates specific lexical transformations, used in translation of Maria Matios’s novellas into English. The work notes the increase of the world reader’s interest in modern Ukrainian literature, outlines the linguistic features of the artistic texts and pays special attention to the study of linguistic transformations. It claims that the need for such substitutions in the texts is caused by differences in the lexical-semantic systems and stylistic norms of the original language and the language of translation, or might be related to the specifics of the context.