TRANSLATION PROBLEMS OF PROVERBS FROM ENGLISH INTO UZBEK

Abstract

This article is devoted to express main challenges of proverb translation from target language into mother tongue. Translating proverbs has always been challenging for those who mainly focus on acquiring foreign languages so far. While proverbs are considered to be the far easiest source to be found in almost in any part of the world as means of national wisdom, translating them into another language has always faced with significant issues related to its own peculiarities in every language due to the fact that every nation preserves its cultural values and inner organizations. Wolfgang Mieder states that proverbs contain traditional views, moral beliefs, wisdom, truths, and memorizable forms that are inherited from generation to generation. In this paper work, free translation, literal translation, substitution translation and combination of literal and free translation methods were conducted to analyze how form, connotation, eloquence, local characteristics and the ethnic are deployed in proverbs. Having conducted the research, the following findings were revealed: (1) Translation of proverbs demands to be the master enough in English cultural backgrounds, otherwise it would be difficult to grasp their whole meaning. (2) As often idiomatic expressions proverbs are not always transferable word-for-word due to its specific meaning. (3) While translating proverbs from English to Uzbek, preserving the meaning and essence can be struggling owing to their syntax, stylistic devices and grammatical structure. Lastly, to tackle these issues translator should consider linguistic structures and the cultural nuances of Uzbek and English languages in order to ensure to maintain accuracy in both languages.