Deminutyvų reikšmės perteikimas verčiant iš lietuvių į anglų kalbą
The Conveyance of Diminutive Meaning Translating from Lithuanian into English

Summary/Abstract: Translation problems while translating from Lithuanian into English arise in a number of aspects. One of them is a translation of Lithuanian diminutives. Lithuanian is rich in forms bearing the meaning of smallness and endearment. English does not compare with Lithuanian in either number or usage of morphological diminutives. The paradigm is made up only of a few the most common suffixes. Linguists suggest the equivalence between the English analytic diminutive with little and the synthetic diminutive in European languages. The article discusses and compares the formation and the usage of diminutives in different speech situations in Lithuanian and in English, analyses the means of translation of diminutives. The conveyance of the equivalent diminutive meaning translating from Lithuanian into English is of paramount importance in translation, as diminutives reveal peculiarities of the Lithuanian language and culture.

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