THE PRESERVATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIAL STYLE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF MODERN UZBEK PROSE
Keywords:
Authorial style, uzbek prose, literary translation, linguistic asymmetry, realia, syntactic rhythm, domestication, foreignization, cultural identity.Abstract
This thesis investigates the challenges of preserving individual authorial style when translating modern Uzbek prose into English. Literary translation extends beyond moving semantic meaning across borders; it requires capturing the writer’s unique artistic voice. However, profound linguistic asymmetries between Uzbek, an agglutinative language, and English, an Indo-European language, create significant structural barriers. Through a comparative analysis of key translations, such as Mark Reese’s version of Abdulla Qodiriy’s Bygone Days and Andrew Bromfield’s translation of Hamid Ismailov’s The Dead Lake, this study evaluates how translators balance domesticating and foreignizing strategies. The findings show that while text simplification improves readability, preserving the author’s original syntactic rhythm and cultural idiolect is essential for maintaining the authentic psychological depth of Uzbek literature on the global stage.
