Difficulties in translating allegories by Francois Rabelais in the novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel"

Borisova Oksana Vladimirovna

The article examines the Difficulties in translating allegories by Francois Rabelais in the novel «Gargantua and Pantagruel». The research material was the work of F. Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel". The research methods were the analysis of literary sources on the topic of research, linguistic and historical and cultural analysis of a work of art. It is noted that the use of allegories in the culture of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance was an integral part of literature. The features of the novel by F. Rabelais are presented. The sources of the comic, realized through allegories based on associative links of enumeration of signs / characteristics (verbal image) and truthful description (real concept / object), are characterized. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the difficulties of translating this work are due to the fact that the object of the comic is not so much objects, but abstract concepts - the national language, its laws and cultural stratification, genre canons and characters. Adequate translation requires a translator to have some experience, background knowledge of a historical, cultural and social nature, as well as an understanding of the context.

Keywords:metaphor, allegory, François Rabelais, «Gargantua and Pantagruel»