Linguopoeics of M. Zhumabayev’s Poem “To Madame Gulsim” and Its Reflection in Translation

Abstract

The article examines the features of the translation of linguapoetics elements into Russian and English in Magzhan Zhumabaev’s poem “To Madam Gulsim”. Poetic translation is the highest peak of literary translation. Deep, subtextual thoughts are brought into a certain rhythmic form by various artistic and figurative means, and when every word becomes important, the burden placed on the translator becomes heavier. Translation into other languagesof the poetry of Magzhan, a master of the poetic word, is only now being studied. Therefore, we aim to identify successful moments of translation and emerging gaps, comparing artistic and visual means that meet the aesthetic effect in the original and translated text from a lexical-semantic and structural point of view. Also, in the original/translation pair, external parameters and structure are analyzed that give the poem a certain melody and rhythm at the level of syllables, stanzas and rhymes. The results of the study determine the quality of translations of the poet’s po- etry and further contribute to enriching the experience of translation into foreign languages. It is determined which poetry translation strategy (According to J. Holmes and A. Lefever) corresponds to three versions of the translation in Russian and the English translation, and the extent to which it influenced the original content and idea, the artistic form, is interpreted. Currently, only twenty of the poet’s poems have been translated into English. Since Russian serves as an intermediate language for many translations, Russian translations require special analysis.