TRANSLATION FEATURES OF THE PUN IN THE FAIRY TALE OF L. CARROLL “ALICE IN WONDERLAND”

Abstract

Puns play a great artistic role in L. Carroll’s style, so the primary task of the translator when working with his texts is to choose the right translation strategy to preserve the uniqueness of the writer’s style. The aim of our research is to analyse the peculiarities of translating puns in L. Carroll’s fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" into Russian. In this article we study the essence of the concept of “pun”, consider its classification, then move on to the analysis of translation techniques and then analyse what techniques are used by the translator to preserve the equivalence of the translation text, to convey not only the content, but also the stylistic expression and humorous component of the text. Puns as a stylistic device have been considered by many specialists, however, despite the considerable amount of research, many aspects of this phenomenon still remain rather uncertain: for example, the synonymity of puns and wordplay or the question of the most effective translation techniques for translating puns. It was found that compensation, semantic development, substitution and addition are the most frequently used techniques in translating puns, which help to maintain equivalence, they help to achieve an equivalent effect on the reader, both of the source text and the translation.