Translation of the English mythological and religious idioms

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of translation of the mythological and religious idioms that form
a special layer in the phraseological system of the language on the material of the English and Azerbaijani
languages. The research shows that a certain part of the idioms has equivalents in the different languages.
It is caused by the native speakers` same or similar attitude to the events that take place in the reality. A
small group of the idioms doesn`t have semantic equivalents in the Azerbaijani language. It is advisable
to translate such idioms by the descriptive method. It is necessary to preserve the emotional and stylistic
meanings of the idioms during their translation.