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CONCEPTUALANDTRANSLATIONALCHALLENGESOF"HAPPINESS"INENGLISHANDUZBEKLANGUAGES

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Thisstudyinvestigatesthelinguisticandculturalnuancesoftheconceptof"happiness"inEnglishand"baxt"inUzbek.Whileoftentreatedasdirectequivalentsinbilingualdictionaries,thesetermspossessdistinctetymologicalrootsandculturalconnotations.Thisresearchemploysacomparativelinguaculturalapproachtoidentifysemanticgaps.ThefindingsrevealthatEnglishhappinessispredominantlyindividualisticandemotion-based,whereasUzbekbaxtisdeeplyrootedincollectivism,destiny,andsocialstatus.Thesedifferencesposesignificantchallengesfortranslators,requiringsemanticmodulationandculturaladaptation.

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