STRATEGIES FOR TRANSLATING THE METAPHORS IN THE QUR’AN INTO ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN

Abstract

The article is devoted to the comparative study of several translations (M.M. Pickthall, A.Y. Ali, Abu-Adel and E.R. Kuliyev) of the Quran by the example of the translation of the metaphor “Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa”. The purpose of the study is to identify solutions to the most difficult problems for the translator of cross-cultural translatability of the text, the correlation of figurative structures of Arabic, Russian and English. Materials and methods. The research material was the original text of the Holy Quran, namely the metaphor “Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa”, and its translations into English (M.M. Pickthall, A.Y. Ali) and Russian (Abu-Adel, E.R. Kulieva). The methods of scientific research are the method of theoretical analysis, descriptive and comparative methods. The result of the study is the classification of translations of the Quranic metaphor “Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa” into Russian (Abu-Adel, E.R. Kuliyev) and English (M.M. Pickthall, A.Y. Ali). The basis of the classification is the methods of translation of P. Newmark’s metaphor, used by the authors in the process of translating the text under study into English / Russian. Practical implications. The obtained research results can be applied by researchers in the field of theory and practice of translation, intercultural communication, stylistics and interpretation of text, linguoculturology and axiological linguistics.