Aim and objectives of the study. The aims of the present paper can be described as a complex of several constituents. The first one, which can be referred to as theoretical, focuses on how to solve the general problems of the examined field. In this research, all range of possible scientific views should be investigated. This part provides us with an understanding of the smallest details, and, subsequently, we will gain proper comprehension of the subject of research. The second part concerns the practical side of the investigation. It is implied that information received from the previous step should be used in order to examine the specific characteristic of meiosis and litotes within the scope of two compared text (the original English and the translated Ukrainian one). With the help of different linguistic and general academic methods, we try to shed new light on the lexical and semantic features of the investigated stylistic devices.