This article discusses the first translation of A. Qodiriy’s novel “Mehrobdan Chayon” into Arabic. The study analyzes the translator’s skill in word choice during the translation process, the rendering of nationally specific words in translation, and the reproduction of Uzbek national mentality in the Arabic translation. In this regard, several актуal issues of translation studies related to these aspects are examined.

realia, equivalence, adequate translation, “Mehrobdan Chayon”, national mentality, author’s style, character portrait, character speech, translator’s skill.

[MCh] Novel “The Scorpion from the Altar”(In uzbek)

[ع.ف.م] Novel “The Scorpion from the Altar”(In arabic)

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