"THE WONDER OF REINCARNATION" AS A HISTORIOSOPHICAL TRANSLATION PROBLEM.

This article is based on the writings of 18^th -- 20^th-century Russian translators (forewords, notes, commentaries, interviews, letters, memoirs, etc.) and presents a conceptual diachronic overview of the history of translation and translation philosophy in Russia as (re)assessed by the translators themselves. The major points and problems analysed include the role and function of translation in Russian culture; the history of translation in Russia and developing a genre paradigm in Russian literature; the range of issues addressed by translators at different times and their correlation with the tasks faced by Russian literature; the phenomenological, aesthetic and existential role of translation activity as seen by translators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]