Everyday culture and its elements in literary and translated texts (basing on the Spanish translations of M.A. Bulgakov’s novel ‘Master and Margarita’)
The Master and Margarita novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, as a prominent work of art of Russian literature of the 20th century, has not only become an object for translation, but also an attractive work for translators. The process of drinking wine as an everyday cultural element serves as an example to demonstrate that Mikhail Bulgakov differentiates the characters of the novel not only by philosophical and moral criteria but also by their everyday culture or the culture of common everyday life. In Spain, The Master and Margarita novel was translated by Amaya Lacasa (2006) and Marta Rebón (2014). The asymmetrical language form of the novel seems to be a very considerable issue in the context. When translating fiction, translators should avoid stereotypical notions about the nation whose culture is the subject of their analysis; being objective and unbiased interpreters of unknown realia from another ethnic culture. In this article lexicon which expresses everyday culture is analyzed in the translations into Spanish of the novel “The Master and Margarita”.