Introduction. The article deals with foreign language inclusions in a literary text as an element of code that differs from the main code of the text. To convey the meaning of foreign language inclusions for the reader, the author chooses a way to code them. The purpose of the article is to analyze the ways of graphical coding of foreign language inclusions in Leo Tolstoy's novel “War and Peace” and its translations into German. Materials and methods. The research material is Leo Tolstoy's novel “War and Peace” and its three translations into German by H. Röhl, W. Bergengruen and B. Conrad. Research methods: continuous sampling method, descriptive method and comparative method. Research results, discussion. Coding of foreign language inclusions in the original text is carried out with the help of footnotes. The ways of coding foreign language inclusions in translations of Leo Tolstoy's novel “War and Peace” into German are different: 1) in H. Röhl’s translation, there is no coding, since foreign language inclusions are translated into German; 2) in W. Bergengruen’s translations, foreign language inclusions are in italics (italics and an asterisk); 3) in the translation of B. Conrad, foreign language inclusions are highlighted with italics and an asterisk or commas. Conclusion. Various ways of graphic coding of foreign language inclusions in the original text and translations into German of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” have been identified. The way of graphic coding of foreign language inclusions depends on subjective factors.