Description of Yakut culture in Russian in texts of different genres

Describing a culture by means of another language is large and interesting translation task. Nowadays, this eternal problem becomes more relevant for traditional cultures since the quality transmitted verbal information about unique culture-specific elements also depends on accuracy their description. The Russian peoples Federation interethnic communication, translating folklore literary texts, as well writing scientific works in Yakut culture, allows other to discover culture. Over four centuries Yakut-Russian contacts, many texts describing have been created Russian. In research, source material three different texts: heroic epic, work fiction, an ethnographic description native speaker written non-native language. These contain same that are translated differently depending target audience. course we found culturespecific mainly transliterated, commentaries them can be exhaustiveness depth. addition, note loan translations from established translate various epithets set expressions associated with mythology. Such often seep into ethnography because crafts life, general, inextricably linked spiritual people.