Keyword: «stylistic means»

Stylistic differentiation is a common language phenomenon, it pertains to all structures of language. To the greatest extent vocabulary and phraseology are exposed to differentiation. The basis of stylistic differentiation is synonymу of language, its expressiveness and stylistic polyfunctionality. The results of stylistic differentiation of poetic language are fixed in dictionaries of various types.

The paper analyzes the public statements of the American politician Donald Trump. The authors define the subject of political linguistics – political discourse, such kind of speech activity, which is aimed at a certain impact on the audience. The authors reveal common stylistic means as ways of creating expressiveness and techniques, which affect electorate.

The paper focuses on translation methods of English metaphors and similes in literary text. Metaphor and simile translation techniques are analyzed and described on the examples from the novel W. S. Maugham "Theatre". The paper shows the specific features, problems and translation methods of the metaphors and similes.