The article is devoted to the English and Russian translations of Abdullah Qadiri's “Bygone days” to categorize words specific to gender, culture, customs and other national cultures and to provide a functional approach to their translation. The proposed paradigm emphasizes the key role of categorization in delivering the translation to cultures and languages. Therefore, the English and Russian translations of Abdullah Qadiri's novel “Bygone days” have been studied from linguistic viewpoints. The article analyzes gender in translation, the transmission of national character and the issue of word choice. The purpose of the research is to study the English and Russian translations of Abdullah Qadiri's novel "Bygone days", to understand   the translation, the translation skill of the translator, as well as to analyse the quality and level of the translations of the novel and whether the translator was able to convey the main idea of   the masterpiece of Uzbek literature and the author`s original intentions and goals. The article also discusses the need for cultural explanation and linguistic analysis to identify categories that are specific to the target audience of the translation.

translation, translation studies, category, categorization, gender analysis, “Bygone days” novel.

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