VARIATION IN PORTRAYING THE MAIN CHARACTER OF Ch. BRONTЁ’s NOVEL “JANE EYRE” (BASED ON TWO RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS)

The paper explores linguistic means employed by translators of Ch. Brontё’s novel “Jane Eyre” to reconstruct Jane’s appearance and character. Two translations into Russian, made by V. Stanevich and I. Gurova, were compared. The study shows that in the translations discussed the image of the character differs in the following aspects. In V. Stanevich’s translation Jane is more spontaneous, in a lesser degree rationalist, less strict towards herself and other people, less absorbed in self-examination. In I. Gurova’s translation Jane’s self-control and self-discipline, her strictness towards herself and the others are emphasized. V. Stanevich is more likely to emphasize positive connotations, while I. Gurova prefers a more negative colouring. I. Gurova looks to the values of the source culture, thus, Jane appears in her translation as a typical Englishwoman, and the reader never forgets that the book is about another country. Meanwhile, V. Stanevich looks to the values of the target culture, and Jane’s image is represented as a universal archetype in her translation.