HUMOROUS EFFECT TRANSFERENCE WHILE TRANSLATING TEXTS FROM ENGLISH INTO RUSSIAN (PARAMETERS, STRATEGIES, METHODS)
The article deals with the problems of translation of humorous effect transference in a literary text in particular. The description of some specific parameters which partially constitute the General theory of verbal humour created by S. Attardo and the semantic theory created by V. Raskin are presented as a significant part of the research. Script opposition, narrative strategy and language are among them. The other parameters are based on the process of a specific type of translation, such as recognition, brevity, recipient etc. The comparative method is regarded as the basic one in the research. The material is the extracts with humorous effect which were chosen with the help of the continuous sampling method from the Neil Geiman's work named "Sturdust" and its two translations into Russian: "Zvyozdnaya pyl. Romanticheskaya istoriya, sluchivshayasya v Volshebnoj Strane" (2010) and "Zvyozdnaya pyl" (2017). Some essential for the process of humour translation things as translation strategies, methods and transformations are described in the article. But the main emphasis is on the useful parameters which are required to apply while transferring a humorous effect. Moreover, the paper raises the issue concerning their prevalence. In author's opinion, while carrying out the comparative analysis not only some conclusions could be drawn regarding the strategies applied by the translators. It's also possible to define other essential for the translation features like, for example, the translation evaluation, the prevalence of the parameters etc. Both translations were created within the general strategy of humorous effect preserving, but the methods and techniques which were applied to achieve the functional equivalence differ. Furthermore, the more evident stylization of the first translation by contrast with the second one could be stated. The main essential parameter for the humour transference is script opposition; the others take on the contingent role.