The first half of the 20th century in the Russian translation reception of Shakespeare was marked by the emerging of translations by B.L. Pasternak, S. Ya. Marshak, A.D. Radlova, W.V. Levik, I.B. Mandelstam. Characterizing their transcriptions, K.I. Chukovsky not only substantiated the artistic manner and creative position of the translators, but also presented his understanding of individual shortcomings and, conversely, successful findings. The articles «The Crippled Shakespeare», «Asthma in

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... esdemona» (1940) reflect his sharp rejection of the approach of A.D. Radlova to the interpretation of Shakespeare's plays, he notes the mistakes made by the translator when working with the original texts. K.I. Chukovsky positively spoke about «Richard II» by I.B. Mandelstam; he considered its undoubted merit to be his free style and the absence of a formalist approach in observing certain parameters of the original text. The most complete features of the translation concept of K.I. Chukovsky are disclosed on the example of his translation of Shakespeare's comedy «Love's Labor's Lost» (1945), which has been repeatedly staged in the theater.