TRANSLATION OF STYLISTIC DEVICES IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: NATIONAL-CULTURAL AND LINGUOPRAGMATIC ASPECTS

Abstract

This article examines the translation of stylistic devices in English and Uzbek through the lens of national-cultural specificity and linguopragmatic interpretation. As stylistic units often carry culturally embedded meanings, their translation requires not only linguistic equivalence but also pragmatic adequacy and cultural awareness. The study analyzes metaphors, idioms, allusions, humor devices, and evaluative expressions that frequently appear in English and Uzbek discourse, highlighting how their semantic, functional and emotional nuances shift across languages. Drawing on comparative linguistics and translation pragmatics, the research identifies the main difficulties translators encounter—such as cultural untranslatability, divergent pragmatic norms, and context-dependent meanings—and proposes effective strategies including adaptation, modulation, explicitation, and culturally grounded equivalents. The findings demonstrate that the successful translation of stylistic devices depends on the translator’s ability to balance linguistic accuracy with cultural sensitivity, ensuring that the communicative intent, stylistic effect, and pragmatic force of the original text are preserved.