EMOTIVE VOCABULARY OF GERMAN FOLK TALES IN RUSSIAN TRANSLATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of translation the emotive vocabulary of German-language folk tales in Russian. Emotive vocabulary – the carrier of human/animal emotions – allows you to join the background knowledge of the phenomenon, to outline the specifics of the emotional sphere, to establish typical signs of emotions, to reconstruct the human/animal attitude to the world, to individualize fairy-tale characters. The main functions of emotive vocabulary are aimed at the nomination, expression and description of emotions. Emotions In original emotions are associated with several types of experiences, including negative – sadness, grief, resentment, indignation, shame, impatience, contempt, fear, horror, envy, pain, positive – surprise, gentleness, interest, consent, patience, gratitude, courage, satisfaction, joy, happiness, pride, love, sympathy, neutral – calm, indefinite – fearlessness, no sadness, no joy, unhappiness, anxiety. One or another kind of experience indicates the appropriate attitude of the ethnos to objects and phenomena of reality. The dominance of negative experiences indicates a negative attitude of Germans to the world around them, because it does not meet their needs and demands. It is shows that in the translation of emotions both cited at the level of words, phrases, sentences with the involvement of vocabulary, contextual and textual meanings and taking into account the national and cultural tradition. Focusing on the mentality of the target audience and adhering to the norms of the language of translation, the translator implements to a greater extent the strategy of domestication, which involves three main tactics: semantic, stylistic and formal adaptations. Semantic adaptation includes replacement, removal, addition, semantic development, stylistic adaptation appeals to antonymous translation, stylistic specialization, neutralization or compensation, folding and unfolding of emotive vocabulary, formal adaptation is embodied through the use of structural and functional elements of the Russian language, which have no analogues in German language. A neutral translation strategy that coincides with tracing has also been singled out.