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Adequate translation of cultural context from Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov into English is challenging due to the complexity of national realia, emotive words, and phraseological units. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The aim is to investigate the translation of cultural context in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov into English.

February 25, 2026Open Access

The Problem of Rendering Cultural Context From Dostoyevsky's Novel the Brothers Karamazov Into English

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The aim is to investigate the translation of cultural context in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov into English.
Selection of cultural elements from Constance Garnett's and Richard Pevear's translations.
Analysis of linguistic categories like national realia and emotive words.
Stylistic and translation analysis of chosen samples.
Identified challenges in rendering cultural elements appropriately.
Revealed differences in translations affecting cultural understanding.
Emphasized the need for sensitivity in translating emotive and phraseological expressions.

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The article is devoted to the problem of adequate translation of cultural context in the novel The Brothers Karamazov written by the great Russian writer of the 19th century Fyodor Dostoyevsky into English. The samples of cultural elements belonging to such linguistic categories as national realia, emotive words and phraseological units have been chosen from the two translations into English made by Constance Garnett and Richard Pevear followed by analysis, both stylistic and translation.

The Problem of Rendering Cultural Context From Dostoyevsky's Novel the Brothers Karamazov Into English

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