THE TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS INTO UZBEK: SEMANTIC AND CULTURAL CHALLENGES
Keywords:
Idioms, translation, semantic challenges, cultural challenges, equivalence, phraseology, conceptual metaphorAbstract
Currently, the number of language learners around the world is increasing significantly, and one of the main factors contributing to language learning is vocabulary. In this process, language learners face not only semantic but also cultural challenges, especially when translating idioms. Because literal translation of English idioms often affects the meaning of the word, making it meaningless or funny. This article analyzes the semantic and cultural challenges that arise in the process of translating English idioms into Uzbek. The article covers semantic problems such as literal translation issues, loss of equivalence, polysemous words, lexical-semantic mismatch, as well as cultural problems including national-cultural features, religious differences, and food-related idioms. Comparative examples from English and Uzbek languages are provided for each type of problem.
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