The Problem of the Frontier Humor Translation of O. Henry's Stories
This article is devoted to the analysis of the stylistic (linguistic) means that create the frontier humor in the short stories by O. Henry and the methods of their translation from English into Russian. In this work the following research methods are used: the theoretical analysis based on scientific literature, the principle of contextual interpretation, the linguistic and stylistic analysis, the analysis of different transformations in translation and the statistical analysis. The phenomenon of the frontier in American culture is considered and O'Henry's idiostyle is characterized. The problem of humor translation is analyzed and the main techniques of the frontier humor translation of O. Henry's stories are revealed.