The ways of meaningful onomastic names recreation in the English translation version of the novel "The Master and Margarita" by M. A. Bulgakov
In the introduction an object of the investigation is pointed - a meaningful onomastic name used as a means of learning, defining of the authorʼs intention and identifying of the cultural and historical characteristics of a nation. In this investigation, it is aimed to carry out the translation comparative analysis of meaningful onomastic names in the Russian-language original text “The Master and Margarita” by the outstanding Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov and its English translation version for the purpose of identifying the ways to recreate onomastic names in the translating text. In the main part, as a result of the translation comparative analysis, the translating techniques of meaningful proper names into the English are identified and explained. The etymology and the inner meaning of certain onomastic names, the change of their forms and meanings with the course of time are analyzed in the research. In the process of investigation, we have referred to the information available in the scientific literature on this issue. In conclusion, it is revealed that the majority of meaningful onomastic names in the English translation version are presented according to the phonetic or graphic similarity principles. In the target language, the translators have not managed to retain the inner form of a significant number of onomastic names. That is led to the loss of the meaning attached by the author in the names and features of characters. The scientific novelty of the study deals with the issue of retaining the functional-semantic equivalence of meaningful names in the translation text and some conditional phonetic similarity of the created names with the name-study of the original language remains relevant. The obtained results can be applied in studying of lectures and seminars on the theory and practice translation, by student translators in their future professional activities.