Subject Transformations In The Translation Of Literary Texts

This article considers the concepts of subject and object, which are key to many modern sciences, including linguistics, in the light of the anthropocentric paradigm. The typology of subject developed by Zolotova is presented. Attention is paid to the analysis of transformations of constructions with the subject of action (agentive) and their transformations in translations from French into Russian. The material was Russian translations of the literary text by Romain Gary. In the comparative analysis of the French and two Russian texts with the original and each other, we found examples that illustrate deviations from the original for objective reasons related to the peculiarities of the grammatical structure of the French and Russian languages, and for subjective reasons due to translator’s choices. These factors affect the interpretation of the text and change the original author's intention. It is concluded that if a language has two or more options for designating the same situation, there is a need for all these options, which is reflected in the translation.