Asymmetry Factors Of Russian Morbial Metaphors, Their Translations Into English And German

The article looks into the problem of metaphor translation in framework narrative discourse. data for research was taken from a piece literary work ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ by A.I. Solzhenitsyn and its translations. translated narration does not only serve as source information about peculiarities writer’s culture but also promotes development enrichment receiving ethnical literature. In this context striving excellence translating fiction is key importance. choice material accounted controversial critical comments relating to English German. As matter fact, appeared create some obstacles translation. 53 morbial metaphors their translations were subjected component analysis inner form. comparison carried out on basis contrastive cognitive semantic content target unit. demonstrated difference meanings an original equivalents. indicates possible reasons causing such asymmetry. These are ethnic cultural specifics associations, differences grammatical systems with prevalence either analytical or synthetic structures, culturally-specified metaphorical transfer.