The object of the research in this article is the linguistic and national image of heroes, expressed by means of the language in the original and translation texts of Abdulla Kadiri`s novel "Days Gone By". The novel has been recently translated into English by C.Ermakova, qualified translator with a wide range of published literary translations. The purpose of the study is a comparative analysis of the usage of distinct stylistic tropes to create images of the national heroes in the language of the original text and its translation. In the article peculiarities of using stylistic means, creating images of the national heroes in the source and translated texts were studied in comparative and descriptive way.