ROBLEMS OF TRANSLATING FOREIGN ANTHROPONYMS INTO THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems of translating foreign anthroponyms into Chinese language from the point of view of the linguistic theory of translation. In particular, the question of the ambiguity of the translation transformations used is raised. Ambiguity refers to the absence of a single generally accepted transcription rule, a stable mechanism used in the process of transcription of a foreign name, which leads to problems and inconveniences in translation. The purpose of the article is to analyze the transformations used in the translation of anthroponyms into Chinese, to reveal their ambiguity, which sometimes not only do not regulate the translation process, but often involve multiple choice. In particular, the rules for translating anthroponyms, which are traditional for European languages, in Chinese function atypically