Issue 57 is devoted to exploring linguistic and cultural aspects in various linguistic contexts. The significance of cross-cultural adaptation of comedic translation is examined in the articles by Bezrukov V.A. and Shachkova I.Yu., who address the problem of conveying wordplay in audiovisual translation, and by Fefelova G.G. and Anisimova A.G., who analyze comedic discourse in terms of language and culture. The work by Tananaiko S.O. and Zhou G. focuses on the range of Russian palatalized consonants and their perception by native Chinese speakers. The theme of paroemias is on the focus in the articles by Kovsh E.V. and Savchenko E.P., who investigate the verbalization of the concept of "own-stranger" in English and Russian contexts, and by Bredis M.A., Lomakina O.V., and Mammadova A.R., who consider paremias in four languages, analyzing their definitions and characteristics. The work of Shubina E.L., Raikova J.A., and Shelekhova R.S. focuses on the euphemization of the topic of staff reduction in German journalistic texts.