Features of translation of proper nouns on the basis of the book by J.  K

of the book by J. K. Rowling Fantastic Beasts and Where to

Find Them

Completed by A. A. Polonskaya
student, SP-433301
Research supervisor:
Lecturer
I. E. Kharlov

of translation of proper names and to investigate the problems

that arise in the translation of the names from English into Russian

Tasks:

to consider ‘proper noun’ as a linguistic concept
to study the principal types of translation of proper nouns
to investigate the ways of word-formation of proper names in the original text
to analyze methods of translation of proper names on the basis of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Them in the original and two existing translations of different

publishing houses «Росмэн» (2009) and «Махаон» (2015)
The reason of choosing this material is the recent screen version of the book that became very popular and relatively recent release of a new version of the book

and films in fantasy genre which are full of proper

names
A number of controversial opinions of fans and readers concerning the variant of translation, including that of proper names
The need for studying proper names before they are created and invented

analyzed
comparative analysis
discriminatory analysis
statistical method
interview 

Methodology:
The study is based on

works of famous Russian and foreign linguists L. S. Barkhudarov (2008), V. S. Vinogradov (2001), A. V. Superanskaia (2009), D. I. Ermolovich (2001), N. K. Garbovskii (2004), A. K. Matveev (2006), N. V. Podolskaia (1978, 2009), V. S. Slepovich (2006), T. A. Kazakova (2006), A. D. Schweitzer (2009), C. Hough (2016)

– is a word, phrase or sentence, which singles out

the naming object among others, and serves for individualizing and identifying this certain object

ways of translation
Compare two translations to the original text
Survey readers

on their preferences

original and their etymology
From folklore: Troll, Fairy, Imp
From antique

cultures or derived from Latin or Greek words: Phoenix, Centaur, Erumpent
Names build by word-building (compounding): Ashwinder, Flobberworm, Puffskein
Compounding of words in a phrase: Chinese Fireball, Hungarian Horntail, Peruvian Vipertooth

the basis of the novel Fantastic Beasts and Where to

Find Them

In the first edition «Росмэн» the most frequent ways of translation of the proper names used by translator are:
transliteration: Grindylow – Гриндилоу
tracing: Chinese Fireball – Китайский Огненный Шар
translation by creating neologisms: Ashwinder – Огневица

In the second edition «Махаон» the most popular methods of translation are as follows:
translation by creating neologisms: Erumpent – Сносорог
tracing: Red Cap – Красношап

Greek words; the rest is made of word-compounding or phrase-compounding.

the first edition – transliteration and tracing
the second edition – translation by creating neologisms
the survey showed that respondents in most cases (9 out of 12) voted for the first translation («Росмэн» 2009) of the book