Abstract. In literary translation, the translator should be aware of the specific and linguistic features of the original text in order to fully express such issues as the artistic-aesthetic coloring of the original text, artistic-descriptive tools, the external and inner world of the heroes of the work, and the reality of the times in the work. From this point of view, we found it necessary to talk about the linguistic and specific features of the portrait image in A. Qadiri's novel "The Past Days".