Articles · Vol. 2 No. 8 (2026)

ISSUES OF TRANSLATING PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN LITERARY WORKS

Authors

  • Iroda RAKHMONOVA Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philological Sciences, Teacher, Department of Foreign Languages Fergana State University, Fergana, Uzbekistan

Keywords

phraseological units; literary translation; connotation; stylistic equivalence; cultural factors; food-related idioms; English-Uzbek translation.

Abstract

This article examines the translation of phraseological units in literary 
texts from English into Uzbek. The study addresses five principal problem categories: loss 
of connotation, stylistic divergence, form-meaning equivalence, absence of direct lexical 
equivalents, and individual translator approaches. Cultural aspects are highlighted 
through a comparative analysis of food-related phraseological units in English and 
Uzbek, with attention to their Biblical, Islamic, and ethnographic sources. The article 
demonstrates that successful literary translation of phraseological units requires the 
translator to balance linguistic competence with deep cultural awareness, and to preserve 
figurative meaning, emotional coloring, and artistic effect while adapting expressions 
to the target language and culture.

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