ПЕРЕВОД ИМЕН СОБСТВЕННЫХ ЯКУТСКОГО ЭПОСА ОЛОНХО НА РУССКИЙ ЯЗЫК (ФОНЕТИЧЕСКИЙ УРОВЕНЬ)

The article examines the methods of conveying the specific sounds of proper names from the Yakut heroic epic Olonkho into Russian. Based on the analysis of 1,131 proper names from 18 translated Olonkho texts, various approaches to representing sounds such as diphthongs (ie, uo, ya, üö), vowels (ü, ö), long vowels (аа, yy, оо, ii, uu, ee, üü, and öö), and consonants (dj, ŋ, һ, ğ, nj) were identified. The aim of the research is to analyze the ways of transmitting proper names in Olonkho during the translation from Yakut to Russian at the phonetic level. In contemporary translation studies, proper names are classified as a group of non-equivalent vocabulary, which is conveyed into other languages through transcription and transliteration methods. Transcription involves representing the phonetic form of a unit from one language using the phonetic system of another language, while transliteration entails replacing each letter or combination of letters from the source language with corresponding elements from the target language. Both methods play a crucial role in interlingual communication, allowing for the preservation of the original form and sound of proper names, which is particularly significant for maintaining cultural associations related to them. However, despite the desire to retain cultural connotations, traditional methods of transcription and transliteration often lead to distortions of the phonetic structure and difficulties in perceiving the text in Russian. Thus, translating proper names from Yakut requires a detailed analysis of the combinatorics of sound elements, as this factor determines the accuracy of reproducing the original phonetic image. The conducted analysis demonstrates that in the practice of translating proper names of Olonkho characters, a certain tradition has gradually developed, indicating a striving for a more consistent and accurate transmission of the original. Nevertheless, the proposed solutions are not always justified, highlighting the need for developing and standardizing methodologies that preserve the unique phonetics of the Yakut language when translating it into Russian.