WAYS OF GEOGRAPHICAL REALITIES AND REALIA-TOPONYMS TRANSLATION IN POETIC TEXTS

Abstract

Translation of realia into a foreign language is one of the most acute problems which attracts different researchers’ attention. Definition of the notion “realia” has some difficulties. The problem of realia translation in poetic texts is considered. The notion “realia” is analyzed and the classification of translation ways is given. The results of the comparative analysis of the ways of translation used by different writers-translators while translating into Russian of realia which can be found in Robert Burn’s poetic works are presented. The linguistic analysis was performed with the aim of finding proper ways of conveying national identity. The one group of realia singled out in Burn’s poetic texts - geographical realia and realia-toponyms is discussed. The results of the analysis describe the most appropriate methods of translation of realia from English into Russian.