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Lexical Pecularities and Translation Difficulties in ”the Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger.”
Ministry of Education and Youth of the Republic of Moldova
Cahul State University ”B. P. Hasdeu”
Phylology and History Faculty
English Philology Departent

Research Paper

Theme: „Lexical Pecularities and Translation Difficulties in ”The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger.”

Cahul 2010

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Introduction……………………………………………………………..............................3
Chapter I The Modernist Literature 1. The literature in the 19 century……………………………………...............................6 2. Critics about J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” and Influence………………………………………………………….................................8 3. J. D. Salinger’s style and techniques of writing…………………................................12 4. Translation difficulties and its types……………………………….............................16
1.5 The difficulty of translation of set phrases and idioms..................................................28
References……………………………………………………………................................31

Chapter II Lexical Peculiarities and Translation difficulties in “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger
2.1 Types of Lexical Peculiarities in “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger…………………………………………………………….....................32
2.2 Translation difficulties and all its types in J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”……………………………………………………..………………...……................42
2.3 Main Translation Problems……………………………………………………...…….46
References…………………………………………………………….…......................... 56
Conclusion………………………………………………………….…………….............57
Bibliography……………………………………………………….….......................…...60

Introduction There are different elements that are helpful in the presentation of all features that are presented in an analysis and one o the main steps that are taken in the identification of these important features are lexical pecularities and translation difficulties. “„Lexical Pecularities and Translation Difficulties in”The Catcher in the Rye” by J.



References: 9. Crystal, David, The English Language. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1988. 14. Crystal, David, The English Language. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1988. 30. Michael Cart, "Famous Firsts. (young-adult literature)", 2007; 31

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