INTERPRETATION OF PERCEPTIVE PASSAGES IN THE TRANSLATION FOR CHILDREN: TACTICS OF B. ZAKHODER AND M. LITVINOVA (‘MARY POPPINS’ BY P.L. TRAVERS)
The article concerns interpretation of perceptive passages in translation for children. Tactics employed in two translations of the novel ‘Mary Poppins’, carried out by B. Zakhoder and M. Litvinova, are in the focus of the research. Both translators offer creative ways of verbalizing child perception in the text, using words connected with visual perception and adding lexis denoting auditory, tactile and even gustatory perception, interpreting unusual comparisons so that they could be both understandable and funny. Onomatopoeia and alliterations also contribute to the creation of ‘live’ pictures aimed to impress the addressee and reflect author’s strategy in Russian translation.