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Abstract: The relevance of the study can be attributed to the objective need for correct and accurate comprehension of the author’s fiction text of the genre of fantasy. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the methods of translating the imperative mood from English into Russian using the book “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J. K. Rowling as an example. The following research methods were used in the course of this work: systematization and theoretical analysis of linguistic literature on the research problem as well as comparative analysis of the target text with the source text. As a result, the article presents an analysis of the theoretical foundations of using the imperative mood forms in a fiction text of the genre of fantasy, carries out a comparative analysis of the use of the imperative mood in English and Russian, considers the peculiarities of translating the imperative mood in the affirmative, interrogative and negative forms from English into Russian, and analyzes the lexical, lexico-grammatical, grammatical and technical translation transformations of the imperative mood in the novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Rowling. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the main transformations faced by the translator in the process of translating imperative sentences from English to Russian in the fantasy genre are presented and analyzed in detail. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the analysis of the theoretical foundations of using the imperative mood and conducting a comparative study of the imperative mood in English and in Russian. In addition, the research has expanded the theoretical ideas about the use of transformations for translating literary works. The theoretical basis of the work is made up of a wide range of foreign and domestic linguistic studies on the problem of the imperative mood. The practical significance of the study consists in the fact that it presents a quantitative analysis of examples of translation transformations of the imperative mood forms in the novel by Rowling. The study has shown that the most frequently used translation methods include syntactic assimilation (grammatical transformation), modulation (lexical transformation), and antonymic translation (lexico-grammatical transformation). The results obtained are valuable both from the point of view of the theory and practice of translation, as well as the stylistics of the literary text in English and Russian. The results of the work can be used to expand and deepen the content of various courses at the university, in particular the course in the theory and practice of translation, and can be useful for practicing specialists in the field of translation of fiction and for teachers of linguistic universities.

About the author(s) :

Natalia A. Sigacheva

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (Kazan, Russia)

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-6828

Guzel R. Eremeeva

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (Kazan, Russia)

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-542X

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 03.03.2025; date of publication: 31.10.2025

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