Narrative Peculiarities in Translation: Lexical Units Pauvre and Bonhomme in G. Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary

The present research featured some narrative peculiarities, which could belong both to the narrator or other characters and violate initial focalization. paper focuses on zero focalization evaluation of personages. objective was analyze Russian equivalents adjective pauvre substantive bonhomme, contain subjective in character’s nomination. fragments from G. Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary its nine translations. They were selected according continuous sampling method then analyzed using comparative method. study based mono- bilingual French dictionaries. multiple translations often preserved original evaluation, especially case pauvre. Unlike has more equivalents. Therefore, lexical isomorphism not always translation: cases, neutralized, even opposed one, variants acquired extra semantic stylistic meanings. These flaws may change narrator-character character-narrator point view. have resulted lack In early translations, they might be explained by translator’s choice obsolete words with an archaic effect adding information. translators ignored meaning been misled overall peculiarities narrative. can contribute corpora parallel texts, as well textbooks lexicology.