An analysis of interlingual transformations that occur in translating punctuation marks in literary texts from Russian into Persian

Abstract

Translation is impossible without cross-language transformations. All punctuation marks have a specific plane of content and expression and act as a system of units that play an important role in an adequate presentation of information. Both Russian and Persian authors use the same punctuation marks that, however, have different semantic functions. In Russian, in contrast to Persian, punctuation has a more strict, clear structure, and due to its synthetic structure, punctuation marks carry more meaning than in Persian. In this paper, based on the comparative method and translation methods, we will focus on the most frequent cases of using dashes and semicolons in the Russian language, since their use in translating literary texts into Persian is difficult in terms of interpretation and high transformation, which explains the significance of this paper. The results of our study can be used to develop a correct method of teaching punctuation during lessons in Russian as a foreign language as well as in practical translation.

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