THE FUNCTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS IN OYBEK'S NOVEL "NAVOIY"

This study investigates the functional role and translation strategies of 
proverbs in the novel Navoiy by Oybek. Employing a qualitative textual analysis, the 
research examines how proverbs operate as linguistic, cultural, and cognitive units within 
the narrative and how they are rendered into English. The study identifies four principal 
translation strategie sand evaluates their effectiveness in preserving semantic, stylistic, and 
cultural meaning. The findings indicate that proverbs in the novel constitute a key 
mechanism for encoding national worldview and require context-sensitive translation 
approaches grounded in functional equivalence.