Idioms of comparison in English, Russian and Bashkir

1. Idioms of comparison in English, Russian and Bashkir

2. Literary translation: Is it just translation or a performance art? Translation of the Fairy-tale by R.Mukhametov«Айыуханға нисек ақыл ултырған» («Как медвежонок поумнел») from Bashkir and Russian into English

3. An idiom - is a succession words whose meaning is not obvious through the knowledge of the individual words. It must be learned as a whole.

4. хәйләкәр төлкөa sly dog

5. The aimof this paper is to research ways of translating idiomatic expressions of comparison into the English, Russian and Bashkir languages • The objectives of the work are: 1) to compare some English, Russian and Bashkir idioms of comparison; 2) to find out some consistency and logic in etymology of these idioms. • The research materialsare the idiomatic expressions concerning the subject “comparison” in English, Russian and Bashkir. • The methods of research are: the overall selection ( used in gathering the research material), componental analysis (used in considering the semantic nature of researched units).

6. Idioms of Comparison (similes) A simile is an analogy that compares two things that are alike in one way.

7. Idioms of Comparison in English, Russian and Bashkir

8. Severalways of translation of Idioms into other languages: • Equivalent: as cold as ice – холодный, как лед • Analogue: it is raining cats and dogs≅ льет, как из ведра • Descriptive translation: cross the floor of the house ~ перейти из одной партии в другую

9. Animal idioms: • As brave as a lion - храбрый как лев - арыçландай батыр • As busy as a bee - занятый, как пчела - бал қортолай • As free as a bird - свободный как птица - қоштай ирекле • As fast as a hare ≅быстрый, как ветер ≅ елдәй етеҙ • As stubborn as a mule ≅ упрямый, как осел ≅ кәҙә кеүек тиçкәре • As hungry as a hunter ≅ голодный, как волк ≅ бүреләй ас

10. Colour idioms: • As black as coal ≅ черный, как смола ≅ ерҙәйқара • As black as night - черная, как ночь ≅ қара қарғалай қап-қара • As black as thunder cloud - черная, как туча ≅ қара болоттай

11. Typical American and English idioms • As American as an apple pie - типичный Американец≅типик Америкалы • As changeable as weather ≅семь пятниц на неделе ≅бералдым, берартым • As easy as ABC ≅как дважды два – ике-икең дүрт кеүек

12. Idioms with structure do/does like something: • To eat like a bird - есть, как птичка - қоштайсемсенеү • To eat like a horse ≅есть, как корова - һыйыркеүек ашау • To eat like a pig - есть, как свинья - үрҙәк кеүекашау

13. A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated which expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity.

14. As a man sows, so he shall reap. • As the tree, so the fruit – яблоко от яблони недалеко падает – алмаағасынан йырақ төшмәй