Human and machine: “creative understanding” in translation studies

The article presents an analysis of the concept “creative understanding” in the context of literary translation. Based on the works of M. M. Bakhtin, O. R. Demidova, V. I. Karasik, V. P. Furmanova and other researchers, the authors consider the text of the translation as a cultural phenomenon, and the translation process as creative understanding, the necessary conditions of which are: immersion into the cultural and historical context, creativity, emotional coloring, the use of artistic elements. The authors point out the need for cooperation between human and automated intelligence when translating a text into another language.