THE TRANSLATION OF THE YAKUT PROPER NAMES INTO ENGLISH WITH REGARD FOR PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES OF UNRELATED LANGUAGES
The article discusses the translation of the Yakut proper names into English on the phonological level. A particular attention is given to the rendition of Yakut diphtongs into English with regard for the phonological differences in the considered languages. All examples are taken from the sakha heroic epic olongkho “N’urgun Bootur the Impetuous ".