PRAGMATIC ASPECT OF LEXICAL UNITS WITHIN THE SEMANTIC FIELD ¨FOOD¨ (A STUDY OF THE ASYNCHRONICAL TRANSLATIONS OF NOVEL "HEART OF A DOG" BY M. BULGAKOV INTO ENGLISH)
Topic “Food” is one of the most significant topics in the works by Mikhail Bulgakov. Using lexical items of this semantic field the author shows the living conditions, customs of contemporary society, social position of characters, their relationships, cultural and educational levels, etc. The present article deals with the pragmatic aspect of lexical units within the semantic field “food” based on the asynchronical translations of novel “Heart of a Dog” by M. Bulgakov into English (Michael Glenny - 1968, Avril Pyman - 1990). The most interesting extracts of the novel are analyzed and shortly described. One of the peculiar features of the novel is the usage of connotative words. The article proves that the words and expressions in the translated text have lost their pragmatic aspect, which limits the full understanding of the original text. However, the translations can be a trustworthy source of culture-bound information.