Abstract
This article examines the main challenges of translating Russian literature into English, with particular attention to linguistic, stylistic, and cultural aspects of the process. The study is based on a qualitative comparative analysis of selected Russian texts and their English translations, focusing on issues such as syntactic restructuring, lexical ambiguity, and the rendering of culturally specific elements. The findings demonstrate that translation involves inevitable transformations, as translators balance accuracy with readability and target- language norms. As a result, certain stylistic nuances and cultural meanings may be partially reduced or modified in translation.References
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