This article examines the issues of ensuring cultural and functional equivalence in literary translation through an analysis of the short story “Saag-Meat” (साग मीट) by the Indian writer Bhisham Sahni. The translation of the title of the work into Uzbek as “Suhbat” is analyzed from a functional-stylistic point of view, and the degree of preservation of socio-philosophical symbols in the original is studied. As a result of the study, the role of transliteration and linguocultural interpretation in ensuring adequacy in the translation of nationally specific words and “speaking names” is substantiated.