Individual author’s concept of HAPPINESS and translation features of means of its representation (based on the novel by Elizabeth Gilbert “Eat. Pray. Love”)
https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-26-248-256
Abstract
Is devoted to the study of the concept of “happiness” based on the novel by Elizabeth Gilbert “Eat. Pray. Love”. The object of the study is fiction travel literature. The subject is the concept of “happiness” and its translation features from English into Russian. The purpose of this study is to identify typical cognitive models “happiness is...” and to study the translation features of fiction travel literature. The study identified and analyzed the cognitive models that make up the concept of “happiness” in the analyzed novel: 1) enjoyment of food; 2) search for peace of mind and your inner “I”; 3) love; 4) obtaining new knowledge; 5) travel; 6) being alone. The corpus of examples is 100 units. The analysis of the factual material showed that the most frequent grammatical transformations include grammatical substitutions; the most popular lexical and semantic transformations are modulation and concretization; omissions and additions make up the most commonly used additional translation transformations. Based on the analyzed linguistic units, we conclude that the cognitive model laid down by Elizabeth Gilbert in the concept of “happiness” in American culture is reflected in other cultures as well, representing a universal value.
About the Authors
E. A. Martinovich
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Martinovich, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor of Intercultural Communication and Translation Department
3-a Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii St., 450008 Ufa
Yu. V. Kalugina
Bashkir State Agrarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yuliya V. Kalugina, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Department
34 50-letiya Oktyabrya St., 450001 Ufa
E. A. Nikiforova
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Nikiforova, Research Scholar of Intercultural Communication and Translation Department
3-a Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii St., 450008 Ufa
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Martinovich E.A., Kalugina Yu.V., Nikiforova E.A. Individual author’s concept of HAPPINESS and translation features of means of its representation (based on the novel by Elizabeth Gilbert “Eat. Pray. Love”). Neophilology. 2021;7(26):248-256. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-26-248-256
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