Abstract
The article deals with the formation of the theory of translation in the Kazakh literary criticism and the periods of its development in the 1950–60’s. In the course of consideration of specific, individual problems of translation by the example of a number of studies analyzes the fact that its theory has also received considerable development. The historical-political and spiritual - cultural factors of development of methodology and methods of research the theory of literary translation are revealed. In this context, the research works of scientists S. Talzhanov, A. Satybaldiev, S. Kuspanov, Kh. Sadykov are taken as a basis. Several concepts related to the scientific framework of translation research, research methods, general methodology of translation research are defined. The term in the formation and development of translation theory, structural systems of the translated language, the style of the original author, inversion in fiction translation, idiomatic and phraseological word combinations, dialectism in the original, etc. are compared and studied from the position of researchers whose works are devoted to literary criticism. Conclusions are drawn on the formation and development of the theory of literary translation, and the peculiarities of each stage are considered. Keywords: Kazakh literary studies, translation, translation studies, translation methods, general theory of translation, fiction translation, methodology of translation theory.