IBROHIM GOFUROV’S TRANSLATION STRATEGIES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF JAMES JOYCE’S STYLE AND LITERARY DEVICES

Abstract

This study analyzes the process of translating James Joyce’s works into Uzbek by Ibrohim G‘ofurov, focusing on linguistic and artistic aspects. Joyce’s complex poetic structure—including stream of consciousness, polyphony, intertextual layers, neologisms, and multi-layered metaphors—poses significant challenges for translators. The research examines G‘ofurov’s translation strategies, such as expressive equivalence, poetic compensation, semantic adaptation, and cultural annotation. It explores how syntactic complexity, wordplay, symbolic imagery, and metaphorical structures in Joyce’s texts are recreated in Uzbek. The study highlights stylistic changes, the loss or amplification of certain artistic devices, and the adaptation to the internal norms of the Uzbek language.

The findings show that Ibrohim G‘ofurov successfully conveys the essence of Joyce’s poetics and his linguistic-poetic experiments to Uzbek readers, applying a creative equivalent approach. This work contributes to literary translation theory, illuminates the peculiarities of transferring modernist texts into national languages, and provides insights for both practical translation and theoretical studies in translation studies.