the preservation of traditional images problem in the folklore translation
The article deals with two types of folklore texts translation: folkloristic and art. It is shown that folklore imposes some restrictions on the choice of method and means used in translation. On the example of the Adyghe heroic epos episodes, the features of the folklore language and poetics are compared, as well as the ways of their translation into the Russian language. The cases of translation deviation from the original, their causes and consequences are described and studied.