Аннотация
The article discusses the translation of vocabulary related to Kazakh gastronomy in the story «Gaukhartas» by the famous writer Dulat Issabekov into Russian and English. From time immemorial, the Kazakh people knew and understood the special role of food, which gives energy and nutrition to the human body, saying that «Food gives a person strength», «Hunger does not allow a person to think». Leading a nomadic lifestyle, they knew perfectly well all the properties of natural products obtained from livestock. The Kazakhs treated even a random, unexpected guest to a special dish – sybaga. The gastronomic world of the people who cut up the meat and served each guest their specially intended part is very rich. And it was impossible not to be reflected in literature. Elements of Kazakh gastronomy are clearly visible in all the works of Dulat Issabekov. However, since the names of the dishes are unfamiliar to people from other cultures, they cause problems in translation. Almost all food names are culture-specific items. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to determine the features of translating the names of dishes typical of the Kazakh people in the writer’s story into Russian and English. To achieve this goal, gastronomic vocabulary from the story «Gaukhartas» was selected, systematized and subjected to lexical-semantic comparative analysis in the original/translation pair. As a result, we have identified translation transformations and semantic mistakes. Keywords: Dulat Issabekov, prose, literary translation, gastronomy, national food, culture-specific items, translation transformations.