KOMI (ZYRYAN AND PERMYAK) LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE IN THE FINNISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The paper deals with the Finnish translations from the Komi literature and folklore, its purpose is to review the available Finnish publications from the Komi-Zyryan and Komi-Permyak literatures, as well as to identify some common features of the Komi-Finnish translation activity. It is established that Komi folklore was first published in the Finnish language in the 1880s-1890s, and fiction - in the 1920s, however, the main part of the available translations date back to the period after the 1980s. The increase in the intensity of mutual translation activities among the Finno-Ugric peoples since the 1990s is connected with the establishment and development of contacts in the literary sphere: the Association of Finno-Ugric literatures appears, writers' congresses are regularly held. One of the goals of such cooperation is mutual acquaintance with literary creativity, which is carried out primarily through literary translation. About four hundred of the Komi-Zyryan and Komi-Permyak works are presented in Finnish. Translations into Finnish are carried out not only in Finland, but also in Karelia, where the Finnish language is used as a literary language. Translations made in Finland are characterized by an exceptional dominance of poetry, with intermediary language used very rarely, transcriptions are made directly from the original language. In Karelia there is interest in the Komi prose, but translators work using the Russian language.