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Play on Words and Play on Meanings: How Puns Work in Translation
- Authors: Mavleeva D.V.1, Pokholkova E.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 11(905) (2025)
- Pages: 75-82
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/354082
- ID: 354082
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Abstract
The research is devoted to the practical study of the translation of wordplay in works of art from Korean into Russian. The aim of the study is a practical study of the translation of wordplay in works of art from Korean into Russian. The research material was Kim Hoyeon ‘s healing novel « Uncanny Convenience Store «, consisting of two parts. The first was published in 2021, and the second in 2022. Kim Hoyeon’s idiostyle is distinguished by the use of various artistic techniques, including wordplay, allusions, extended metaphors, puns, anagrams. As a result of our research, we came to the conclusion that when translating a pun, the translator has to find a balance between preserving the form and conveying the meaning, as well as the function of the original.
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Darya Vladimirovna Mavleeva
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: selezneva_dv@mail.ru
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationEkaterina Anatolievna Pokholkova
Moscow State Linguistic University
Email: pf@linguanet.ru
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationReferences
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