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Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Prevod in svetovna književnost / Literatura światowa a przekład (tłum. Anna Muszyńska‑Vizintin)

Marko Juvan

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Translation and World Literature

Compared to the original production within national literary systems, literary translations are traditionally regarded of lesser importance, although it is through translating that the representative works of world literature have been introduced into these very systems (Eysteinsson). The translation is constitutive of world literature, be it understood either as an aggregate of literatures expressed in all the languages of the globe, the canon of “eternal” artworks of humankind, or as the global space of inter-literary relations. The presumed universality of world literature is always already inscribed in particular literary systems through different variants and perspectives articulated by translations, the latter representing the most prominent form of cross -cultural circulation of literature.

Since cultural nationalism saw literature in the standard mother tongue as the pillar of national identity and the main evidence of the nation’s creative originality, literary translations were often discarded as mere derivatives restricted to the realm of cultural consumption. In the first half of the 19 th century, however, the quality and richness of the translation repertoire began to figure also as quasi-international standards for evaluating to what degree the particular “national” language and culture were developed. As early as post-positivist comparatistics, the translation was treated as an important factor of international literary mediation (e.g. Ocvirk), but it is only the late twentieth-century translation studies that raised the reflection on translation to the level of theory enabling to ground a paradigmatic shift of methods for the entire study of literature, in national and comparative literary studies alike (Bassnett, Even-Zohar).

The valorization of translation that is going on since the beginning of the 21st century has been decisively influenced by the global renaissance of Goethe’s Weltliteratur. More than a decade after Ďurišin’s theory of the world literary system and based on the reinterpretations of Goethe’s notion of world literature, a new scholarly paradigm is in full swing that attempts to transcend national literary history, comparative literature, and postcolonialism (Lawall, Casanova, Moretti, Damrosch, etc.). However, the translation was of key importance already in the historical beginnings of the conception of Weltliteratur, with which Goethe aimed at promoting humanist aesthetic cosmopolitanism, creatively reviving national literature and establishing German literature as a new hub of international literary life. The present article focuses on how experiencing translations had formed Goethe’s ideas of circulation and the self-reflection through otherness and how these ideas were recently reinterpreted by Damrosch and Thomsen. Juxtaposing works of various European and “Oriental” literatures (either in the original or in translation), Goethe reflected on his literary and cultural identity and discovered new qualities of his aesthetic experience.

Generally speaking, the translation — because of its position within the asymmetries of the world systems of economy, languages, and literatures — is not only the primary mode of transnational literary circulation and cross-cultural dialogism, but also the relay for the global spread of Western geo-culture and the hegemony of its aesthetic discourse. The possibility of a particular literary text to gain access to the global literary circulation depends, among other factors, on the fact whether the work in question has been produced in a “major” Western language or has been translated in a global language.

Key words: literary translation, world literature, literary systems, comparative literature, Goethe Johann W.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Literatura polska w słowackich przekładach po 2007 roku

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Polish Literature in Slovak translations after 2007

Marta Buczek — the author of the article Polish Literature in Slovak translations after 2007 describes in detail the Polish literature which was translated in Slovakia in the years 2007—2013. In her article she also deals with contemporary Slovak publishers market which publishes translations of Polish literature, Slovak publishers and Slovak translators. She analyzes translation literature with view of its entry into a new literary context.

Key words: Polish literature in Slovak translation, Polish literature in Slovakia, Slovak translators of Polish literature, Slovak publishers of Polish literature, literary translation.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Słowacka literatura współczesna w polskim horyzoncie odbioru w 2016 roku

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Slovak Contemporary Literature in the Polish Horizon of Reception in the Year 2016

The author of the paper characterizes Slovak literature translated into Polish in 2016. She analyzes in detail the translations of Slovak prose Piata loď by Monika Kompaníkova (in the Polish version Piąta łódź), Informácia by Maroš Krajňák (Informacja) and Zu by Silvster Lavrík (Zu). She also interprets Polish translations of Slovak prose in anthologies Portrety z bliska and Tu i teraz, which include the prose of Radovan Brenkus, Ľudovít Petraško, Peter Karpinský, Martin Vlado and women writers from the associations Aspekt and Femina, among others, Mária Bátorová, Jana Bodnárová, Etela Farkašová, Jana Juráňová, Helena Dvořáková, Rúth Lichnerová, Eva Maliti Fraňová. The author of the paper is interested in reception of Slovak contemporary literature in the secondary horizon.

Keywords: Slovak Literature in Polish Translations, Literary Translation, Monika Kompaníková, Maroš Krajňak, Silvester Lavrík, Radovan Brenkus, Association of Women Writters Aspekt, Club Femina



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Literatura polska w przekładach na język bułgarski. Czasopisma literackie w latach 1990—2007 / Bulgarian Translations of Polish Literature in the Periodical Literature, 1990—2007

Kalina Bahneva

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

This text examines the reception of Polish literature into professional Bulgarian publications for literature and art. It submits to a discussion the following sources: The special issue of „Literaturen westnik” („Literary Weekly”) entitled Polish Literature of the Nineties, no.11 (22.—28.03.2000), devoted entirely to the changes occurred in Polish literature and artistic life at the end of the past century; and no. 18 (8.—14.05.2002) of the same journal presents under the title Polish Nike, presents the most prestigious Polish literary award and its laureates during the years 1997—2002. Mentioned above journal „Literaturen westnik” („Literary Weekly”) had two more special issues: Literature on Heel – or Better Literature, no. 35 (2.—8.11), and Literature before the Mirror or Better Literature, no. 6 (15.—21.02), published in 2006, both focused on Polish women’s feminist writers. The article takes also into account the issue of „Panorama”, no. 3 (2002), which gives an overview of Polish literature translated into Bulgarian after 1989. Included into this discussion is the periodical „Kritika”, no. 3—4 (2006); it gives a survey of the most interesting statements of Polish literary critical thought in the same period, that is, after 1989. Similarly, the „Slavianski dialozi” („Slavic Dialogues”), no. 8 (2007), that presents some most important ways of development in contemporary Polish culture. 

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekłady literatury serbskiej w Polsce w latach 2007—2013

Leszek Małczak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Translations of Serbian literature in the period from 2007 to 2013

There were translated about thirty books of Serbian literature in the period from 2007 to 2013, most of them were books of poetry. There were little number of translations in the literary magazines and journals. The number of translations is quite big but the reception of Serbian literature and culture was weak. The wars which accompanied the decay of the Second Yugoslavia has had big negative influence on the reception of Serbian literature and culture. Nowadays, after the fall of communism, literary contacts depend on initiative of individuals, the institution of translation literature has gone through the process of privatization.

Key words: translation literature, Serbian literature in Poland, reception.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Literatura słowacka w Polsce w latach 2007—2013

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Slovak literature in Poland in years 2007—2013

The author of the article describes in detail the Slovak literature which was translated in Poland in the years 2007—2013. In her article she also deals with contemporary Polish publishers market which publishes translations of „small”, „peripheral” literatures. She analyzes translation literature with view of its entry into a new literary context.

Key words: Slovak literature in translation, Slovak literature in Poland, literary translation.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekłady literatury słoweńskiej w Czechach i w Polsce w latach 1990—2006 / The translation of the Slovene Literature in the Czech Republic and in Poland in 1990—2006

Tatjana Jamnik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

In this review od Czech and Polish translations of Slovene literature in the past 17 years, the author shows diversity and resemblance in the cultural image of Slovenia in the collective consciousness of the two nations. The chosen era of research falls into two distinct periods. In the first, before the year 2000, the translations lied solely on the shoulders of individual translators, members of the „old” generation. The second period is characterized with a great outburst of translated Slovene literature by the young generation of traslators. Trough analysis and comparison of translated books and translations published in journals and on the internet in the Czech Republic and Poland the author draws our attention to the discrepancy in the amount of translated publications. The article explores the possible reasons for these changes and differences in the field of Slovene translated literature in the two related countries.

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekłady literatury macedońskiej na język polski i polskiej na język macedoński za 2015 rok

Zofia Dembowska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Polish-Macedonian and Macedonian -Polish literary translations in 2015

This commentary conserns the reasons and motivation for choosing particular novels to be translated into Macedonian. A short review of their style is given, as well as the common ground with the Macedonian literature. We describe the way of the working of the publishing houses which have decided to publish Polish literature. Problems in translation turn out to be of a cultural nature, concerning the differences and, as a result, the reader is presented with the picture of contemporary Polish society, which is overwhelmed by critical thinking, but still deals with the history as a way to further develop the tradition.

Key words:  Polish-Macedonian translations, Macedonian-Polish translations, translation commentary, Polish literature, Macedonian literature



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Chorvátska literatúra pre deti a mladež v centre záujmu slovenských prekladatel’ov / Chorwacka literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży w centrum zainteresowań słowackich tłumaczy (tłum. Marta Buczek)

Alica Kulihová

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Croatian literature for children and youth as the centre of interest of Slovak translators

Croatian literature translated into Slovak consists of a relevant selection of Croat authors for kids and youth dating from the 19th century to the present, such as I. Brlićová‑Mažuranićová, V. Nazor, M. Lovrak, I. Kušan, Lj. Bauer, J. Horvat, H. Hitrec, Đ. Zrakić, J. Cvenić, S. Tomaš, A. Gardaš, Z. Balog. Slovak translations are published in Slovakia, but also in the Serbian Vojvodina. The most significant translators focusing on the translation of juvenile literature are Zlatko Klátik, Juraj Tušiak, Andrej Vrbacký, Rudo Brtáň, Peter Čačko, Michal Nadubinský, Ján Jankovič and others. Translators were influenced in their selection of Croatian authors by their reputation but also by the translators‘ personal interest in the literature.

Key words: literature for children and youth, literature in translation, publishing policy, translation competence



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Kilka spostrzeżeń na temat pozycji przekładów literatury słowackiej w czeskim polu literackim (przez pryzmat socjologii literatury)

Joanna Derdowska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 28-10-2024 | Abstrakt | s. 1-17

This article presents selected contemporary answers to the old question of the need for literary translation from Slovak into Czech. It also draws attention to the implications of the question of the legitimacy of this translation. To describe the place occupied by translated Slovak literature in the Czech literary field, I propose the practical application of the language of sociology of literature.

2024-10-28



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Słowacki klimat Europy Środkowej w Polsce

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The Slovak climate of Central Europe in Poland

The article concerns Slovak literature translated into Polish in recent years, 2013 and 2014. The author focuses on the problem of the translation of contemporary Slovak literature that examines the issue of Central European identity in Central Europe. She considers the latest Slovak literary works and their reception in the Polish horizon, as well as analyses translations which in the Polish horizon play the role of mediation, and promote understanding between two cultures belonging to the common Central European circle. Recent translations of contemporary Slovak literature, including Pavol Rankov, Pavel Vilikovský, Rudolf Chmel, compliment the knowledge about Slovak culture, literature and history among Polish readers. They also raise their awareness for diverse sensitivity and ability of perception. They also inspire exploration and search for new meanings.

Key words: literary translation, contemporary Slovak literature, Slovak literature in Poland, Pavol Vilikovský, Pavol Rankov, Rudolf Chmel, Tomasz Grabiński, Jacek Bukowski, publishing house Książkowe Klimaty.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Nad slovenskými prekladmi Wisławy Szymborskej

Zuzana Obertová

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

On Slovak Translations of Wisława Szymborska’s Poems

This paper deals with the Slovak translations of poems by Wisława Szymborska who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1996. Twenty years later two collection of her poems were published in the Slovak language. The author of this paper summarized all translations of W. Szymborska’s poems into the Slovak language which have been published in literature magazines as well as books since 1952, the year of the poet’s debut. Since some poems were translated more than once by different translators, the phenomenon of retranslation is also discussed. Various translations of three poems are compared and analyzed in the paper as well.


Keywords: Wisława Szymborska, literary translation, retranslation, interpretation, poem



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Słoweńskie wybory literatury polskiej: przekłady z lat 1990—2006 / Slovene choices from Polish literature: translations from 1990—2006

Bożena Tokarz

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

Between the years 1990 and 2006, about 50 Polish books (poetry, prose and drama) were translated in already independent Slovenia, also a lot of single poems, short stories and fragments of more substantial compositions. Slovene macrochoices from Polish literature on the one hand constitute continuation of the traditional presence in the Slovene culture, on the other hand they result from increasing language and encyclopedic competencies of the translators. The choices are defined by four criteria: Polishness, empathy, the desire to get to know the Polish mentality, the historically-literal process and personal motivation. The authors of choices and translations of Polish literature are translators belonging to many generations, differently evaluating the needs of a Slovene reader and the character of Polish literature and mentality. Although Polish literature is distinctly present in the Slovene literary life, in the Slovene choices from it dominates perspective of strangeness, with which translators from different generations familiarise the native recepient, choosing works belonging to the canon and often to the opposite pole.

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Wartość komentarza w przekładzie (na przykładzie literatury słoweńskiej)

Monika Gawlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The Value of Comment in Translation: the Example of Slovenian Literature

The article deals with the role of comment (as a kind of paratext), which gains a particular status in translation, becoming an additional medium between the author/translator/editor and the primary text and the secondary recipient as well as their cultural universe. This seems important because the translated text is to function in a new environment, a new cultural space; it is supposed to find its way to a new audience, and thus this type of expressions “support” translation in its most important role of a link in cross-cultural communication. The role, nature, and importance of paratext-comments (introductions, prefaces, postscripts) have been examined in the context of translations of Slovenian literature in Poland basing on selected examples. Both the comments of experts-researchers, as well as interpreters themselves, have been taken into consideration. The author notes that, from the ethical point of view, a commentary becomes contributive to the slow process of the recipient realizing the presence of an interpreter and inter-subjective nature of translation, extracts the unfamiliar categories of perception and understanding of the world, brings them closer, making the gesture of seeking “imagined communities”.

Keywords: paratext, comment, translation, Slovenian literature, cross-cultural communication



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Tłumaczenia bułgarskie literatury polskiej w 2014 roku

Marinella Dimitrova

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Bulgarian translations of Polish literature in 2014

The article focuses on the Polish literary works translated into Bulgarian in 2014. We will point to the most important trends defining the main characteristics of Bulgarian translations of Polish writers and the possible reasons why they have been chosen. Next, the titles of the translated works that were warmly received by the Bulgarian audience will be presented. We will also pay attention to the most active modern translators and the brightest representatives of the new translators’ generation in Bulgarian literature.

Key words: Polish literature, translation, contemporary, trend, influence, Bulgarian literature



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Polska książka dla dzieci i młodzieży w socjalistycznej Jugosławii

Magdalena Ślawska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 30-03-2026 | Abstrakt | s. 1-42

The aim of this article is to examine the publishing reception of Polish children’s and young adult literature translated and published in Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1990. Through this analysis, it establishes a publishing chronology and estimates the scale and nature of translation production across specific periods and individual Yugoslav republics. Furthermore, the study also identifies which Polish authors and titles were particularly attractive to Yugoslav publishers and how the structure of the local publishing market and the post-World War II model of children’s and young adult literature influenced the selection of Polish books published in Yugoslavia.

2026-03-30



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

O przekładach literatury polskiej w Czechach i czeskiej w Polsce. Komentarz do bibliografii przekładów w 2014 roku

Dorota Żygadło‑Czopnik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

On translating Polish literature in the Czech Republic and Czech literature in Poland. Commentary on the 2014 bibliography

The history of Polish‑Czech dealings is long. There is no doubt that the year 1989 brought epochal changes in Polish‑Czech relations. Only then did the Czechs and Poles become rightful neighbours. Territorial disputes are a nonissue and the two countries are connected to each other with mutual affection of the cultural and political elite. Czech‑Polish relations are the best they have been in over a thousand years. This publication, although small in scale, is intended to provide a full picture of the cultural and linguistic relationship between the two nations for the year 2014. It can be viewed as a valuable contribution to this issue. The bibliography is divided into two parts, where the first includes, The bibliography of the translated works of Polish literature in the Czech Republic in 2014, and the second one includes, The bibliography of the translated works of Czech literature in Poland in 2014. Both parts include translated literature. The bibliography is devoted not only to books, but also takes into account periodicals and websites. The ultimate goal of the whole project was to provide both the experts and readers, through the series „Slavic Literature Translations”, with a comprehensive list of translated works of Polish and Czech literature published in Poland and the Czech Republic in the year 2014.

Key words: commentary, bibliography, translation, Polish and Czech literature



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Dlaczego tłumaczy się literaturę piękną na regionalny język kaszubski? / Why is literature translated into the Kashubian language?

Hanna Makurat-Snuzik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 30-05-2019 | Abstrakt | s. 119-132

The topic of the article is an attempt to answer the question: Why are translations into Kashubian made? The analysis draws upon the distinction between weak and strong languages. Translations into regional language are considered as a symbolic phenomenon; which is to contribute to the preservation of regional identity and the development of minority language and culture.

2019-05-30



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Miljenko Jergović w Polsce i o Polsce — na marginesie komentarza do powieści Wilimowski

Antonina Kurtok

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Miljenko Jergović in and about Poland — Notes in the Margin while Discussing Wilimowski the Novel

The article gives a brief summary of Miljenko Jergović’s literary presence in Poland. It concentrates upon the writer’s poems, short stories, novels and essays hitherto translated into Polish and published in Poland. Additionally, Jergović’s manifold connections with Poland are presented, starting with the history of his cooperation with Magdalena Petryńska, who translated all of his novels into Polish. This translator’s impact on the writer’s popularity in our country is underscored. Within this scope, the article concentrates on the Jergović’s “most Polish” work, a short novel entitled Wilimowski. Thanks to Petryńska’s efforts, the book was published in Polish in April 2016, which constituted the novel’s world premiere. The article concisely addresses and describes the circumstances of Wilimowski’s several editions, concurrently discussing motives behind the writer’s interest in Poland (among others, the novel’s protagonist — a Polish football player Ernest Wilimowski), and the book’s reception in Poland. Last but not least, Jergović’s writing technique is characterized along with leitmotifs of his literary works.


Keywords: Miljenko Jergović, Croatian literature, Polish translations, reception



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Dušan Karpatský a česko-chorvatské literární vztahy

Matija Ivačić

Język: ##locale.name.cs_CZ## | Data publikacji: 17-08-2023 | Abstrakt | s. 1-14

This paper deals with the contribution of Dušan Karpatský (1935—2017) to the reception of Croatian literature in the Czech Republic, and Czech literature in Croatia since the 1960s until the present day. In his numerous translations, Karpatský worked tirelessly to introduce Czech readers to the achievements of Croatian (and
Yugoslav) literature, and vice versa. By selecting texts for his translations that were as current as possible, and by meeting high aesthetic criteria, made him influential in both cultural milieus where he played the role of an intermediary. His work in lexicography, bibliography, history of literature and non-fiction is also of great importance. His research has made Croatian culture permanently indebted to him because he discovered
and translated into Croatian the Prague Papers, written in Czech by the Croatian politician Stjepan Radić, and because he discovered a seven-language dictionary written by the Prague Benedictine monk Peter Loderecker, which was based on a five-language dictionary written by Faust Vrančić. Owing to all of the above, and much more, Karpatský is considered a key figure in literary and cultural communication between Croatia and the Czech Republic in the last six decades.

2023-08-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

I. Prijatelj in A. Nowaczyński: informativno-kreativna funkcija prevoda (Wildovi aforizmi prek polščine v slovenščino) / I Prijatelj i A Nowaczyński: informacyjno-kreatywna funkcja przekładu (aforyzmy Wilde’a tłumaczone poprzez polski na słoweński)

Majda Stanovnik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

(tłum. Agnieszka Bukowczan i Joanna Cieślar)

I. Prijatelj and A. Nowaczyński: the informative and the corrective function of translation (Wilde’s aphorisms rendered into Slovene via Polish)

The Slavic scholar Ivan Prijatelj (1875—1937), who received his university education in Vienna and was a contemporary and collaborator of the group of Slovene writers known as the »Slovene Modernists« (slovenska moderna), established himself primarily as an influential literary historian. Apart from that, he developed his interests in literature as an essayist and translator, being eager to become familiar with important authors and literary currents, especially modern European ones, and to make them accessible to Slovene readers.

He succinctly presented the English writer, who at the time garnered attention in Eastern and in Western Europe, in the journal article Oskar Wilde (1907), which is a translation of Wilde’s aphorisms on art and on criticism. They were translated into Slovene from Polish, on the basis of Oskar Wilde. Studjum. Aforyzmy. Nowele, a book by Adolf Nowaczyński (1906), in which Wilde is dealt with in a more extensive and multi‑faceted manner. Prijatelj’s version, which is thematically homogeneous, is the only one among his translations that is not based directly on the source text. It does not always follow Nowaczyński’s translation, but is consistent with the poetics of translation sketched out by Prijatelj in the introductory chapter to his study on Pushkin in Slovene translations (1901). The study presupposes that for the literature of a small nation such as Slovenia, translation is indispensable in as far as it enables that literature to become connected to other national literatures; in actual fact, translations are considered as a means of informing and educating target readers as well as of correcting local literary standards. In order to perform these functions in a satisfactory way, a translation must preserve the original’s authenticity, while at the same time adapting to the target culture and naturally integrating into it. Accordingly, a translated text does not only bear a mark of the author’s creative genius, but, to an extent, also of that of the translator.

Some minor shifts with respect to the English original are observable in Prijatelj’s and Nowaczyński’s translations, which in some points differ also from each other, and remain within the recommended middle way, which makes it possible for the translator to take into account the author’s intentions, while allowing himself the necessary freedom, so as to produce an effective and convincing target text.

Key words: translation function, aphorism, I. Prijatelj, O. Wilde, A. Nowaczyński

 



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Literatura tłumaczona jako naturalny etap historii gatunku? Projekt Stefana Minczewa Iz istorja na Byłgarskija Roman

Magdalena Pytlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Translated Literature as a natural Phase of History of the Genre? Stefan Minchev’s Project Iz istorija na balgarskija Roman

The paper presents the work of Bulgarian literary critic and scholar Stefan Minchev (1874—1912). In his work Iz istorija na bylgarskija roman (From the History of Bulgarian Novel) created in 1908—1912, the author includes not only Bulgarian pieces, but also translated and adapted (pobalgareni) ones. The paper recounts Minchev’s project and attempts to answer the question about motivation of the literary scholar. Was it unreflective gesture, or rather treating it as a natural stage in history of the literary genre? Was it to gentrify young literature and language, or to show its weakness? And finally — was it based on already existing model or it was innovate, groundbreaking not only in the context of Bulgarian or Slavonic literary translation studies.

Key words: history of translation, history of Bulgarian literature, literary genre.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Peryferyjna obecność. Problem recepcji literatury staroserbskiej w Polsce

Izabela Lis-Wielgosz

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 29-06-2020 | Abstrakt | s. 147-171

In the article, a problem of translation of the old Serbian literary texts into Polish is discussed together with the basic mechanisms of the reception process of creativity revealed by the Orthodox Slavs from the Balkan region, that is, in other words, the works arisen in the circle of the Slaviae Orthodoxae and their presence in the Polish culture’s space which belonged to the circle of the Slaviae Latinae. The considerations regard the essence and function of translation, presence and absence of translated literature — its initial version in the target space, and their foundation is located in the collections of translations existing in the Polish reading circuit. The issue of the presence or position of the old South Slavonic literatures, namely, the old Serbian texts in their Polish translation, is featured in several possible perspectives. The problem is exposed in the aspect of these texts’ peripheral character and literary genetics.

2020-06-29



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekłady literatury polskiej w Słowenii w 2015 roku

Anna Muszyńska Vizintin

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Polish literature in Slovenian translation in 2015

In 2015, fifteen Polish books were translated into Slovenian, which is almost twice as much when compared to 2014. Prose has been dominant; Polish poetry was represented by two poets of different generations: Tadeusz Różewicz, whose two collections (Profesorjev nožek and Siva Zona) were translated by the experienced translator Jana Unug. Furthermore, Justyna Bargielska, a young Polish poetess, whose poetry selection entitled Serija manjših ran was prepared by Staša Pavlović. Interestingly, in 2015 Slovenes translated six books for children and young readers (Onichimowska, Maleszka, Żółtowska -Yvette) and two books on religious topics (Ewa Czaczkowska’s Sestra Faustina and John Paul II’s personal notes from 1962 to 2003). The varied selections, translators’ offerings and the growing number of Slovenian translations of Polish literature (which were mostly published by very prestigious companies such as Beletrina, Družina, Modrijan and Cankarjeva Založba) demonstrate that Slovenian readers are interested in Polish culture and interested in reading Polish books.

Key words:  translations in 2015, translation choices, intercultural dialogue.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Bibliografia przekładów literatury macedońskiej w Polsce i polskiej w Macedonii (lata 2007—2013) — komentarz literaturoznawczy

Lech Miodyński

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The Bibliography of  Literary Translations 2007—2013 (Poland — Macedonia). A Commentary

In the study an attention is drawn to the problems concerning the cultural and artistic representativeness of the choices of the translated literary texts, that are made by actors of both sides of the linguistic communities: Polish and Macedonian. An overview of such choices connects the relationships with social backgrounds of the cultural elites and with the continuity of the both literary traditions. The comparison has proved that the Macedonian translations, starting from the 70s of the 20th century, systematically present important Polish literary texts, reflecting our national canon. On the other hand, Polish translators treat their contacts with the contemporary Macedonian poetry, prose and drama incidentally, that results in ad hoc motivations, both institutional and personal.

Key words: Macedonian literature, Polish literature, translation, choice representativeness, cultural restrictions.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

„Polskość” w słoweńskich przekładach Rozki Štefan / Polishness” in Slovenian translations by Rozka Štefan

Anna Muszyńska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

Rozka Štefan an outstanding specialist in Polish studies, translator and expert on Polish literature. She has devoted all her life to presenting Polish culture and literature to Slovenians. She has translated most of Polish Romantic literature into Slovenian (mainly Mickiewicz) and works of the most important contemporary poets rooted in „Polishness”, such as: Staff, Tuwim, Różewicz or Miłosz. Her translator selections (in the broad sense) are always tinted with a strategy of presentation of what is typically Polish, what is specific for the culture of the „country on the Vistula”; this is also proof that for a good translator there are no limits to convey the meaning. In 1999 an anthology of Polish love lyrics titled Antologija poljske ljubezenske lirike was published in Slovenia, in 2000 — her translation of Adam Mickiewicz’s Konrad Wallenrod followed by a selection of Tuwim’s poems (2001) — Julian Tuwim. The last three translation works by the 94 year old translator — covered by this paper — are perfect evidence of her translator consistency; they are a specific „summa” of her translating style, an essence of her translating perfectionism, both with respect to macro and micro choices in the plane of specific translated texts. Their common trait is her strategy of presentation of the „Polishness”.

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Bohater groteskowy Ferdydurke Witolda Gombrowicza w przekładzie Katariny Šalamun-Biedrzyckiej

Marzena Osmólska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The grotesque character of Witold Gombrowicz’s Ferdydurke translated by Katarina Šalamun-Biedrzycka

The grotesque is an aesthetic category, which undermines the conventional and acknowl­edged image of the world, illustrates the complexity of certain phenomena and their other sur­prising aspects. In Poland the term „grotesque”, being a calque from German, was first used at the threshold of the 19th-century. However, according to the Polish 20th-century literature and art researchers, grotesque becomes prominent in Polish literature on the verge of modernism. The assumption that modernist art had an almost entirely grotesque character cannot however be ruled out. Grotesque manifests itself in the novel Ferdydurke on each level of the work, including language. The grotesque character of the language is shown among other things through ne­ologisms and a mixture of pompous and colloquial style. Body parts (such as bottom and mug), having a symbolic meaning throughout the novel, play an important part in giving the figures their grotesque character. The language of the novel may undoubtedly constitute a problem for the translator, as the writer uses neologisms and disturbs the word order to achieve a grotesque character of events. The translator tried to deliver an identical image of the grotesque character in her translation. Frequently, the translator couldn’t however disturb the correctitude of the Slov­enian language. She preserves the sense of the original on the lexical and syntactic level through imitating the syntactic structures of the original or through replacing them with other grammati­cal categories. Each translator must recreate the model of the world embedded in the source text.

Key words: Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke in the Slovenian translation, grotesque, character,translation.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekład jako akt subwersji, czyli o pewnym polskim tłumaczeniu tragedii historycznej Theodora Körnera pt. Zriny

Leszek Małczak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

Translation as an Act of Subversion: About one of the Polish Translations of Historical Tragedy Zriny by Theodor Körner

The object of the analysis in this article is one of the Polish translations of historical tragedy of Theodor Körner entitled Zriny. The German author’s piece has been at least six times translated into Polish language and was — especially in the second part of the 19th century, after the collapse of January Uprising — very popular. The reason of the popularity was his subversion. Through Zriny it was possible to talk about a struggle for freedom — the theme forbidden by Russian censorship. Historical piece written by a foreign author, which talks about the struggle for freedom and for defence of the homeland, the struggle lead by someone else, in other time and place, became a medium for manifesting of patriotic feelings. This function of Polish Zriny confirms his interpretation in critics and one of the translations which was written by Ludwik Jenike in Russian occupation zone with all subversive translation shifts made by the translator.

KEY WORDS: subversion, Theodor Körner, Ludwik Jenike, translation, patriotism

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekłady literatury polskiej w Słowenii w 2014 roku

Anna Muszyńska‑Vizintin

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Polish literature in Slovenian translation in 2014

In 2014, 8 Polish authors’ books were translated and published in Slovenia, among which the dominant literary genre was prose: 5 novels written by authors belonging to different generations (Lem, Myśliwski, Huelle, Tokarczuk, Franczak), 2 books on religious topics (on John Paul II and Jerzy Popiełuszko), and a selection of poems by the Polish Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska. Polish literature was also quite present in literary magazines such as „Lirikon21”, „Poetikon”, „Locutio” and „Literatura”. Most of the translations have been published by the most famous and prestigious Slovenian publishers such as Mladinska knjiga, Cankarjeva založba, Celjska Mohorjeva Družba and Beletrina. It is worthy to note that the prestigious award for the best young translator in 2014 was assigned to Staša Pavlović for her first translation, that is, Pawel Huelle’s Mercedes Benz: From Letters to Hrabal. On the basis of the data presented, it can be seen that Polish literature is becoming increasingly popular among Slovenians thanks to the translators and, especially, to their excellent translations. 

Key words: peripheral cultures, dominant cultures, translations in 2014, translation choices, intercultural dialogue



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Tłumaczenia niektórych tekstów współczesnej prozy polskiej na język czeski — przyczynek do dialogu kultur

Libor Pavera

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Translations of Certain Contemporary Polish Prose Works into Czech — a Contribution to the Dialogue between Cultures

In his paper, the author deals with the topic of rendering the contemporary Polish  literature, created after the year 1989, into the Czech language. He reminds the reader of certain facts from the literary life of the last 20 years and analyses certain texts of the contemporary Polish prose which were translated into Czech. It is not guaranteed that the outcome of numerous translations will be ever printed. What is more, Polish literature is not systematically published in the Czech Republic. On the other hand, the translations which have been published may show a Czech reader Polish people and the contemporary Poland in a different light than it was done earlier. The researcher quotes D. Maslowska’s prose, who introduces a Czech reader to the subculture of „dreserzy”(„dresiarze”), which requires a translator to find an adequate style and language in order to render the whole context into the target language. Another approach to the issue of shattering the image of Poles has been taken by J. Witkowski, who looks at the specific gay community in his texts. Finally, in the last example, the author shows how M. Szczygiel, a Pole, views the Czech history in the XXth century (the prose Gottland). The author also mentions the fact that there have been analogical processes in both literary cultures (subject matter, selection of means of literature, etc.).



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Bułgarskie wybory z literatury polskiej (na materiale z prasy literackiej) / Bulgarian extracts from Polish literature (materials from literary press)

Iskra Likomanova

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

The article surveys translated excerpts from Polish literature, which have appeared in the Bulgarian specialized literary press-both weeklies and monthlies. The selection of Polish writers is reviewed as an aesthetic choice of texts, as a traditional presence in the Bulgarian culture, and as representative for the Polish literature in Bulgaria. The socio-cultural selection of Polish subjects is being analyzed and also the way they are being rendered by the translators.

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Fenomen przekładu w postjugosłowiańskiej literaturze emigracyjnej

Katarzyna Majdzik-Papić

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 25-10-2023 | Abstrakt | s. 1-23

The article presents the strategies for describing the phenomenon of translation in the post-Yugoslav literature of exile, referring to the concept of born translated literature by R.L. Walkowitz and perception of the role of translation in contemporary culture by B. Bachmann-Medick and Mieczysław Dąbrowski. The author presents selected translation strategies of post-Yugoslav writers who play the role of their own translators and describe the experience of otherness, exile and translation.

2023-10-25



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

„A chłopaki w brecht” — komentarz do Bibliografii przekładów literatury polskiej w Czechach w 2018 roku

Joanna Derdowska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 31-12-2020 | Abstrakt | s. 121-131

The bibliography of Polish literature translated into Czech in 2018 is characterized by a tendency to publish popular and commercially attractive titles: genre fiction and literature for children. The author is concerned with sample passages from Ziemowit Szczerek’s translations of prose published in the A2 literary magazine and discusses possible consequences for the target language of the euphemisation of slang and vulgarisms in the translation of gonzo journalism texts.

2020-12-31



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Słoweńskie tłumaczenia literatury polskiej w latach 2019 i 2020

Lidija Rezoničnik , Joanna Borowy , Monika Gawlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 27-12-2022 | Abstrakt | s. 1-20

The article provides an overview of Slovenian translations of Polish literature in the 2019’s and 2020’s and reviewers’ responses to these works. A total of 23 translations of books were published in 2019, including five literary works (three collections of poetry and two novels). Among the 13 published translations of the following year there were eight literary works (one drama, a collection of short stories, three novels and three collections of poetry). The publishing of e-books also increased significantly in 2020. The published translations give Slovenian readers access to familiar, mostly world-renowned authors such as O. Tokarczuk, Z. Herbert, W. Szymborska, C. Miłosz, I. Karpowicz, while works by I. Ostachowicz, B. Nowicka, A. Kulisiewicz, J. Małecki, R. Franczak, and K. Dąbrowska were translated into Slovenian for the first time. With the exception of J. Kochanowski’s drama, all of the literary works translated were from the second half of the 20th century or the 21st century.

2022-12-27



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Przekład literatury konceptualnej Studium przypadku lokalizacji Paint the Rock Shiva Kotechy jako Namaluj Popka

Piotr Marecki , Aleksandra Małecka

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

Translation of Conceptual Literature. A Case Study of the Localization of Paint the Rock by Shiv Kotecha into the Polish Namaluj Popka

The article presents case study of a creative practice-based project in which the experimental conceptual book Paint the Rock by Shiv Kotecha was translated into Polish using a conceptual translation strategy. The original is an unconventional “coloring book” that invites the reader to paint American male celebrities from memory. The Polish translation, Namaluj Popka by Aleksandra Małecka and Piotr Marecki, remakes the original experiment, replacing these global household names with figures from the Polish local popular imaginary in a ludic localization. The authors describe the context of the original literary work, the translation process, the new context for reception in Poland, with a special focus on the role of the translator as the ambassador of new trends in literature and the creative and critical potential of conceptual writing and translation strategies.

KEY WORDS: ambient literature, experimental literature, conceptual translation, experimental translation, conceptual literature

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Nadrabianie zaległości? O słowackich przekładach literatury polskiej (nie tylko) w 2017 roku

Zuzana Obertová

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 31-10-2019 | Abstrakt | s. 175-201

The author of this paper characterizes the Polish literature translated into the Slovak language over the last few years with particular focus on the year 2017. Three genres have been translated the most: literary reportage, detective novel, and fantasy literature. What is underscored is the function of these translations in the receiving (Slovak) culture and literature, as well as the reception of the translations by scholars and readers.

2019-10-31



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Na obrzeżach pola literackiego. Komentarz do Bibliografii przekładów literatury bułgarskiej w Polsce w 2014 roku

Magdalena Pytlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

On the margins of literary field. Comment on the Bibliography of literary translations from Bulgarian to Polish in 2014


The paper is a comment on the Bibliography of literary translations from Bulgarian to Polish in 2014. The author of this article focuses on two translations that may be considered as completed — that is, a book with short stories Lomski razkazi (Lom stories) by Emil Andreev and a selection Antologia literatury bułgarskiej w przekładzie Hanny Karpińskiej (Anthology of Bulgarian Literature in translation of Hanna Karpinska). The analysis uses the concept of field and actors/institutions in the literary field by the French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu. 

The analysis tries to reveal mechanisms beyond the translation process — decision on what is translated (author and piece), cooperation with publishers, but also official cultural policy of Bulgaria. It also shows differences between book and magazine publications in the context of literary filed (in. al. reading audience, literary prizes).

Key words: literary translation, Bourdieu’s field, politics of translation, Bulgarian literature in Poland



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

O najstarszych polskich przekładach literatury słowackiej

Lucyna Spyrka

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

About the Oldest Polish Translations of Slovak Literature

Based on J. Jarniewicz’s concept of two types of translator’s attitude: legislator and ambassador, the article concentrates on the reasons behind the oldest Polish translations of Slovak literature: a folk song, part of J. Rostworowski’s novel Zamek na Czorsztynie, a novel by J. Kalinčiak Reštavrácia translated by P. Stalmach and a drama Matka by J. Gregor Tajovský translated by F. Gwiżdż, showing the circumstances of their appearance and the attitudes of their translators.

KEY WORDS: translation, history, Slovak literature, Polish literature, translator

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Komentarz do przekładów literatury polskiej na język macedoński w 2014 roku

Lidija Tanuševska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Commentary on translations in Macedonian language, published in 2014

This commentary conserns the reasons and motivation for choosing particular novels to be translated into Macedonian. A short review of their style is given, as well as the common ground with the Macedonian literature. We describe the way of the working of the publishing houses which have decided to publish Polish literature. Problems in translation turn out to be of a cultural nature, concerning the differences and, as a result, the reader is presented with the picture of contemporary Polish society, which is overwhelmed by critical thinking, but still deals with the history as a way to further develop the tradition.

Key words: novels, publishers, translating, colloquialisms



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Macedoński fenomen wzrostu liczby tłumaczeń z języka polskiego w latach 1990-2020

Lidija Tanuševska , Natalia Łukomska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 06-10-2022 | Abstrakt | s. 1-11

This article presents the rise of translated Polish literature to the Macedonian language in the thirty years period since Macedonia gained independence from Yugoslavia and transformed from a socialist to a capitalist system. The rise of private publishing houses automatically meant the rise of translating from other languages; in addition, the rise of foreign funds and especially the financial support by the EU in culture was a relevant factor for developing literary translations from Polish to the Macedonian language. The main part of this article is about the works which have been translated, their importance and the methods used in making the choices on what to translate.

2022-10-06



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Tłumacz zdemaskowany. Wybrane teksty Dubravki Ugrešić w przekładzie Doroty Jovanki Ćirlić — spojrzenie krytyczne

Agata Jawoszek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Unmasked translator Dubravka Ugrešić`s selected texts translated by Dorota Jovanka Ćirlić — a critical view

On the selected Dubravka Ugrešić’s texts translated into polish by Dorota Jovanka Ćirlić, on the one hand the most popular on the second hand the most criticized by the local Slavists, contemporary Polish translator of Balkan literature, we can analyze the question of a presence (or absence) of translators in the text. On the example of translation of the novel Stefica Cvek in the Jaws of Life and book of essay There is no one at home, we analyze the strategies of translation and individual translator’s solutions as well as their importance in the context of “freedom of translator” and its impact on the process of building author’s position and reception of texts in different cultural and linguistic context.

Key words: Dubravka Ugrešić, Dorota Jovanka Ćirlić, translator’s competence, domestification, strategy of translation, literality, semantic change, translation of idioms



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Czeski humor po polsku

Lenka Németh Vítová

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Czech humour in Polish

So-called Czech humour is very popular in Poland. This contribution analyzes short sections of Hašek’s novel about Švejk and a play by the Jára Cimrman Theatre in order to explore how hu­mour is translated. The chosen texts represent two different types of humour that Czechs identify with to such an extent that some expressions actually seep into everyday language. The analysis of the novel about Švejk suggests significant differences between the first and final (in fact third) translation into Polish. While the first translation replaces a number of originally neutral expres­sions with stylistically marked ones to denote emotional experiences, the third one reflects the original’s stylistic marks. Yet, it is the gradual use of these marks that brings about a comic ef­fect through the gradual confrontation of disparate elements. The analysis of the play by the Jára Cimrman Theatre shows that humour that mainly involves Czech identity can be interpreted but not translated. Both examples suggest two basic cultural barriers in translation: the language barrier and the barrier of tradition.

Key words: Czech sense of humour, Czech literature, Švejk, Cimrman, translation.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Historia Słowenii oczami Polaka. O przekładach literatury słoweńskiej Joanny Pomorskiej

Joanna Cieślar

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The History of Slovenia in a Polish perspective. Slovenian literature as translated by Joanna Pomorska

The article deals with the topic of translator’s choices while investigating the case of the translation of Drago Jančar’s book, Terra incognita, translated in Poland by Joanna Pomorska. This article is based on the theory of tropes by Hayden White, whose research is directly related to the historiography, and points out to the trap of objective or truly scientific history which, in fact, cannot exist. The same also applies to the essays that include some threads of history, such as Jančar’s essays concerning Slovenian history, analyzed not only in the Slovenian, but also in Yugoslavian and even European context. The image of history in his works is built on the remarkable way, where prevails the irony arising from the specific argument on the wheel of history. This unique perspective cannot be retained in the translation, where the translator must take into account a Polish reader’s limited knowledge about the Slovenian history. The author pays particular attention to illustrating the effects of translation strategies and its attitude towards the essay as a relay of history. She analyzes the translation choices on the lexical‑semantic level, and shows their impact on the perception of the text.

Key words: essay, translation, history, Joanna Pomorska, Drago Jančar



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Literatura polska w Bośni i Hercegowinie — przekłady z lat 1990—2020

Amela Ljevo-Ovčina

Język: ##locale.name.hr_HR## | Data publikacji: 29-12-2022 | Abstrakt | s. 1-17

Przedmiotem artykułu są tłumaczenia literatury polskiej, które ukazały się w Bośni i Hercegowinie w latach 1990—2020 — zarówno w wydaniach książkowych, jak i w czasopismach. Przedstawiono repertuar tłumaczonych utworów i przybliżono sylwetki bośniackich tłumaczy z języka polskiego. Przegląd ten z jednej
strony ukazuje różnorodność tłumaczonych utworów, z drugiej — także luki i opóźnienia w przekładach współczesnej literatury polskiej.

2022-12-29



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Wypełnianie pola literackiego. O zmianie w recepcji literatury bułgarskiej w Polsce

Magdalena Pytlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 31-12-2020 | Abstrakt | s. 25-34

This article is a commentary on the changing reception of Bulgarian literature in Poland in 2018 and 2019. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the literary field, it shows the mechanisms of recognition by the main actors within the field, including publishers, media, and others. The analysis focuses on three books translated from Bulgarian to Polish in 2018: Sofia Berlin, by Plamen Doynov, and Koniec minotaurów (The End of the Minotaurs) and Fizyka smutku (The Physics of Sorrow), both by Georgi Gospodinov. The analysis is made on two levels. One is generic, owing to the fact that two of the three books are poetry. The second is authorial, as two of the books are by the same author.

2020-12-31



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Od poezji „oszczędnej w słowa” do „trudnej” prozy dla dzieci. Przekłady literatury słoweńskiej w latach 2016—2017

Monika Gawlak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 31-10-2019 | Abstrakt | s. 209-227

The aim of the article is to review the Slovenian literature translated into Polish in 2016 and 2017. The author of the article presents translations of Slovenian poetry, prose, books addressed to children, and drama. Some of the important publishers are indicated along with the most active translators, their probable motivations, and ways of obtaining funds for their publications. The author of the article is also interested in reception of traslated Slovenian literature in the target literary field.

2019-10-31



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Słowacka proza naturyzmu w polskich przekładach — strategie wyboru i translacji w zmieniającej się perspektywie kulturowej drugiej połowy XX wieku

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

Slovak Naturalist Prose in Polish Translations — Strategies for Selection and Translation in the Changing Cultural Perspective of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

The author of the article analyses Polish translations of the Slovak naturalist prose which is a very interesting phenomenon at the primary horizon and appears to be the most frequently translated into Polish. The author concentrates on the representative translations, strategies for selection and strategies for translation of the naturalism in the changing cultural perspective of the second half of the twentieth century. Historical and cultural situation, historical distance between the originals and their translations has the biggest influence for the selection of the texts but also for the strategies the translators choose during the process of translation. In the perspective of cultural and literature turn in Poland in 1956, the Slovak naturalist prose had the chance to appear in the second horizon but it did not affect recipients and did not have the possibility to impact the development of the receiving literature. The author of the article tries to answer the question why it did not happen.

KEY WORDS: literary translation, Slovak prose of naturizmus, Slovak literature in Polish translation, Margita Figuli, Ľudo Ondrejov, Dobroslav Chrobák, František Švanter

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Od romanov do teoloških esejev: pregled slovenskih prevodov poljske literature v letu 2017

Jana Unuk

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 31-10-2019 | Abstrakt | s. 241-256

The article deals with translation choices by Slovene translators from Polish literature in 2017, on the presumption that both literatures, that of source and that of the target language, perceive each other as peripheral in terms of Even-Zohar’s theory of literary polysystems. Nevertheless, as much as 14 Polish books of different genres were translated into Slovene language in 2017, among them novels, poetry, a play, and theological essays.

2019-10-31



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Bariery kulturowe w słowackim przekładzie Ferdydurke Witolda Gombrowicza

Marta Buczek

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Cultural barriers in the slovak translation of Witold Gombrowicz’s Ferdydurke

The article presents the problem of cultural barriers in Slovak translation of Witold Gom­browicz’s Ferdydurke which was published in a new translation horizon in 2004. The roman was translated by a very well known Slovak translator — Jozef Marušiak. The author of the article shows the translation strategies which were used by him to overcome cultural barriers and re­construct foreign mental mechanisms as part of different culture. The strategies exploited in the process of reinterpretation of the original meanings were the literal strategy combined with the strategy of neutralization of foreign cultural facts. The question is if it is possible to translate complicated prose of Witold Gombrowicz to Slovak and reinterpret implicated in the original text cultural facts and whether they constitute the cultural barrier in the process of translation.

Key words: Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke, translation, polish literature in Slovak translations, cultural barriers in translation.



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Básnický preklad na Slovensku po 1945 / Tłumaczenie poezji w Słowacji po 1945 r. (tłum. Marta Buczek)

Anna Valcerová

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

The translation of poetry in Slovakia after 1945

After the clear dominance of naturalizing tendencies in the 1950s, when classic translations were preponderant, a predominance of up‑dated translations appeared. This was introduced by Feldek’s manifestation appearance in Mladá tvorba at the end of the 1950s and throughout the 1960s by the dominance of modern literature. This alternation of dominant tendencies is by no means mechanical, but it is also applicable in hindsight. Whereas in the period of Realism, naturalization tendencies (Kukučín, Hviezdoslav) seem dominant, the period of Modernism foregrounds those of exotization (Roy, Krasko). However, in the inter‑war period, exotization took turns with naturalization (Jesenský, Jesenská, Rázusová‑Martáková). J. Felix praises these translations although with respect to historization and modernization he is in favor of so‑called ‘vivification’, i.e. adapting translation to the epoch in which it originated, as well as the reader. Furthermore, Surrealists in the period of the Second World War and shortly before it seem to prefer modernization and exotization besides naturalizing translations. Thus, they bridge the period of naturalization from the 1950s to the 1960s when they became closer with the starting generation of Concretists. Again, after 1968 modernization was not pushed to the background mechanically; prime translations are still being modernized or up‑dated. After 1989, gradually after a wave of exotization, especially Americanization (shortly after the Revolution), attenuation of the modernizing and exoticizing methods in supreme translations, those of poems, in particular, may be observed, in contrast to what was referred to by Felix as vivification on a temporal axis and creolization, i.e. mixing of cultures, by Popovič. This is called an attenuated or classicist translation method; translation fulfils its basic role, it approximates to the style of a translated author and is at his service.

Key words: modernization, exotization, creolization, naturalization, Slovak translation theory of poetry



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Medkulturnost v romanu Maje Haderlap Engel des Vergessens / Angel pozabe in strategija prevoda v slovenščino

Silvija Borovnik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Międzykulturowość w powieści Mai Haderlap Engel des vergessens / Angel pozabe i strategie tłumaczenia na język słoweński (tłum. Joanna Cieślar)

Interculturality in Maja Haderlap’s novel Angel of Oblivion and strategies of translation into Slovene

In 2011, the publication house Wallstein published the novel by the Carinthian Slovene Author, Maja Haderlap, which attracted a lot of attention. Firstly, the novel is special because it tells a somewhat unknown and oftentimes concealed tale about the agony of the Carinthian Slovenes during the Second World War. This narrative is being revived by the author on the basis of her grandmother’s narration and other relatives, who were deported to Nazi concentration camps during the war because they were suspected of collaboration with the partisans. Secondly, this novel is special because of its emphasis on a woman’s war story which is usually marginalized in historical accounts. The third peculiarity of this novel is demonstrated by the fact that the novel was written by a female Slovene author in the German language. The author substantiated her writing on the rationale that the German language offered her the emotional distance and that she wanted to draw from the subject, which was not well‑recognized in the German‑speaking environment, being nearer to Austrian rather than German readers. On the basis of the autobiographical elements, she has spoken about the discrimination of the Slovenes and also about the disdain and disavowal of the Slovene language. Nevertheless, the writer, Florjan Lipuš, has labeled her novel as linguistic and national heresy in his work Enquiry for the Name (Poizvedovanje za imenom, 2013). He thought that the Slovene language on the artistic level should be taken care of by those that are gifted and creative and that writing literature in the Slovene language means its preservation. His critique of Maja Haderlap’s linguistic crossing into German is also very harsh because this is not the only such case of writers of the younger or middle‑aged generation of Carinthian Slovenians writing in German. Maja Haderlap’s novel was translated into Slovene by Štefan Vevar, who is himself of Carinthian origin. This is especially important because the translator has demonstrated not only the role of the Slovene language in this novel but also has included in his innovative translation some elements of the Carinthian dialect, which is the mother tongue of the author and her literary characters. With these translation solutions, Vevar preserved the original’s linguistic duality and also demonstrated that this novel, which was written in German, is also Slovene. However, the author of this novel belongs to the group of writers with a double, interculturally designated identity.

Key words: Maja Haderlap’s novel The Angel of Oblivion, Slovene translation, bilingualism, interculturality



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

O polskich przekładach chorwackiej literatury wojennej — Dragutin Tadijanović: Molba munji nebeskoj / About the Polish translations of the Croatian war writings — Dragutin Tadijanović: Molba munji nebeskoj

Leszek Małczak

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

After 1990 the translations of the Croatian war writings relatively seldom appear in Polish translations of Croatian literature. In the realm of lyrics the translation of Stamać & Sanader‘s book U ovom strašnom času. Antologija hrvatske ratne lirike is the most importanat publication. In this article two translations of Tadijanović‘ poem entitled Molba munji nebeskoj are analysed. The authoress of the first translation Muriel Kordowicz has translated the poem in the above mentioned antology, the author of the second one Julian Kornhauser has published his own translations of Tadijanović‘ poem in the magazine „Literatura na Świecie”. In the recapitulation of this analysis the statement of two different translators‘ strategies is given. The Kordowicz‘ translation is an example of philological model of translation and the Kornhauser‘s translation is an example of transpositional-modulational one.

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Fallocentryczne stereotypy Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza w macedońskim przekładzie powieści Pożegnanie jesieni

Aneta Todevska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz’s fallocentric stereotypes in Macedonian translation

The translation of literature from one language to our own is very complicated work, mainly because of certain stereotypical information from a culture different than ours. That is why this article will be about the fallocentrism of Stanislaw I. Witkiewicz in the novel Farewell to autumn translated in Macedonian. In this novel, he does not go far from his man’s world and is always connected with the stereotypes of nationality and typical women’s behavior. He describes them as saints, mothers, lovers, and stupid beings, which is why examples of the translation of such stereotypical parts and how they appear in Macedonian translation are explored.

Key words: fallocentrism, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Macedonian translation, Farewell to Autumn, stereotypes.

 



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Wojna chorwacko-serbska, nacjonalizm, seks i przekleństwa, czyli jak tłumaczono Vedranę Rudan

Monika Skrzeszewska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: | Abstrakt

War, Croatian nationalism, sex and swearwords — how has Vedrana Rudan’s books been translated?

This article shows the various translations of Vedrana Rudan who is one of the most popular Croatian writers in Poland. A common view of translation says that focusing on a translation not the original is needed. That is why Polish culture, language and the reception of Croatian literature in Poland are key factors. Therefore in this article the problems with translating the Croatian language such as swearwords, sex and literary allusions into Polish have been shown.

Key words: taboo, vulgarisms, translatability, untranslatability, Vedrana Rudan



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Cicha rozmowa ostatnich przekładów Tonego Pretnara / The quiet conversation of Tony Pretnar’s last translation

Andrej Šurla

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 01-01-2009 | Abstrakt

The volume of poems translated by Tony Pretnar I Whisper to you (1992) written by poets of different historical and literary periods clearly reveals the personal dialog of the translator with literature. The personal experience of the translator had the influence on the choice of the poems. The subject of his „diary of translation” is isolation, feeling of deficiency (Szymborska, Orkan), death (Szymborska, Bursa), the crisis of expression (Wojaczek). However, it seems that the definite expression of Pretnar’s translation is optimistic. A chance to overcome death he sees in a creative act. (also „quiet conversation” of Wojaczek in spite of his doubt in the power of word expression stands a poetical witness in sense of life) and in religions experience (Wat, Staff, Gałczyński). The most everlasting confirmation of eternity for Pretnar were love and contiguity to another human being (Krasiński, Przybora).

2009-01-01



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Recepcja twórczości Georgiego Gospodinowa w Polsce (2003—2020)

Margreta Grigorova , Andrzej Nowosad

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 12-12-2022 | Abstrakt | s. 1-21

Georgi Gospodinow to jeden z najczęściej tłumaczonych pisarzy bułgarskich po 1989 roku. Magda Pytlak wskazuje zmianę polskiej recepcji literatury bułgarskiej poprzez dwa ze wskaźników jego sukcesu - to nagrody literackie i renomowane wydawnictwo, w którym wychodzi „Fizyka smutku” w 2018 r. W artykule przedstawia się recepcję twórczości Georgiego Gospodinowa w Polsce w ujęciu chronologicznym i bierze pod uwagę różne gatunki twórczości Gospodinowa (publikowane w prasie, w antologiach i wydania książkowe), rolę tłumaczy, spotkania autorskie z pisarzem, ich odbicia w prasie. Jednym z elementów jego wizytówki w Polsce jest przyjaźń z Olgą Tokarczuk, komentowana jako pozycja do Literackiej Nagrody Nobla.

2022-12-12



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

O literaturze bułgarskiej, języku i przekładzie. Rozmowa z Wojciechem Gałązką

Wojciech Gałązka , Sylwia Siedlecka

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 29-06-2021 | Abstrakt | s. 1-27

Rozmowa z Wojciechem Gałązką, bułgarystą, literaturoznawcą i tłumaczem literatury bułgarskiej, dotyczy jego najnowszych przekładów artystycznych. W ciągu kilkunastu miesięcy, między 2019 a 2020 rokiem, w przekładzie Gałązki ukazało się sześć dzieł bułgarskich pisarzy i poetów: powieść Pod jarzmem Iwana Wazowa (2020); tomy poetyckie: Skądkolwiek wyjawiony Petyra Pyrwanowa (2019), Sezony uczuć Petyra Karaangowa (2020), Odblaski księżyca Nikołaja Liliewa (2020), Sen o szczęściu Pencza Sławejkowa (2020) oraz proza poetycka i wiersze zawarte w tomie Przeciwko nieobecności Nikołaja Kynczewa (2020). W wywiadzie omówione zostały kwestie związane z praktyką przekładową: struktury brzmieniowe, gramatyczne, przekładalność związków frazeologicznych, uwzględnienie konwencji literackiej w procesie przekładu, jak również zagadnienia problematyzujące przekład jako transfer między kulturami.

2021-06-29



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Parateksty w przekładach Jozefa Hvišča

Zuzana Obertová

Język: ##locale.name.sk_SK## | Data publikacji: 30-12-2024 | Abstrakt | s. 1-14

Przez ostatnie dwa dziesięciolecia nieustannie wzrasta zainteresowanie osobowością tłumacza i rolą, jaką odgrywa on w procesie translatorskim. Jednym ze sposobów pokonania „niewidzialności” tłumacza jest badanie peritekstów zapisanych przez niego w dziele przekładowym. W kontekście przekładów polsko-słowackich wyrazisty ślad pod tym względem zostawił po sobie literaturoznawca i tłumacz Jozef Hvišč. Jest autorem posłowi we wszystkich swoich tłumaczeniach literatury polskiej na język słowacki, a także w wydaniach licznych dzieł innych tłumaczy. Jego erudycyjne periteksty rozpatrują przetłumaczone utwory w kontekście historyczno- i krytycznoliterackim. Są demonstracją powodów, dla których książki ukazały się w przekładzie i wzbogacają kulturę przyjmującą.

2024-12-30



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Književnopovijesni modus procedendi Julija Benešića u zbirci Poljska lirika

Tea Rogić Musa

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

Literary-Historic Modus Procedendi of Julije Benešić in the Collection Polish Lyricism

During his entire work in philology Julije Benešić had systematically translated two types of texts: masterpieces of canonical Polish authors, which he considered to be his most important work as an author and as a cultural mediator, however he also translated a series of shorter works of authors who were not famous in Croatia, which he undertook out of his polonophilic tendencies. In his work as a translator, Polish Lyricism, a chrestomathy spanning five centuries of Polish literature, holds a special place. In the article we will try to come to a conclusion to what extent were Benešić’s choice as a translator and his work as a historian successful, i.e. did they correspond with topics important to the entire Croatian literary and social environment of his, interwar, period, as well as our own period.


KEY WORDS: Julije Benešić, Poljska lirika, Današnja Poljska, Croatian-Polish Literary Relations

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Poezija kao prostor intimnog i javnog

Petra Gverić Katana

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 30-10-2019 | Abstrakt | s. 59-72

The article gives a brief overview of translated Polish literature in Croatia in 2017 and considers the visibility of Polish poetry in a body of literary works translated after 1990, focusing on contemporary phenomena such as poetry in new media and the place it takes in the contemporary reception.

2019-10-30



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Polskie wybory czeskiej prozy kobiecej w przekładach po 1989 roku

Dorota Żygadło-Czopnik

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 17-12-2018 | Abstrakt

Polish Choices of Czech Female Prose in Translations after 1989

In the article we pay special attention to the presence of Czech female writing in Poland after 1989. In the latest Czech literature, women are becoming more and more significant. In recent years, books by Czech female writers, particularly of a young generation, have been translated. Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of field, capital and habitus, the article is concerned with the role of a translator as an active agent in literary communication.

KEY WORDS: Polish choices, Czech female prose, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, translation, a translator

2018-12-17



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Analiza porównawcza opisów przemocy w polskich przekładach powieści Rebecca Daphne du Maurier (1938)

Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 28-09-2024 | Abstrakt | s. 1-22

Daphne du Maurier to znana na całym świecie autorka powieści określanych mianem gothic fiction i gothic romance. W swej bogatej twórczości, która stała się inspiracją dla wielu reżyserów filmowych, w tym mistrza grozy Alfreda Hitchcocka, pisarka kreuje barwne obrazy nasycone agresją i grozą. Bohaterowie du Maurier doświadczają wszelakiego rodzaju przemocy, zarówno fizycznej i psychicznej, jak również seksualnej. Sceny agresji budują napięcie, stanowią punkt kulminacyjny, obnażają stany psychiczne bohaterów. Obrazom walki i obrony towarzyszą momenty strachu, przerażenia i paniki, które du Maurier szczegółowo opisuje na kartach swych książek. Zadaniem tłumacza jest odwzorowanie ładunku emocjonalnego zawartego w oryginale, co — jak pokazuje zgromadzony materiał badawczy — nie zawsze jest przedsięwzięciem udanym. Artykuł stanowi próbę analizy wybranych scen przemocy w powieści Rebecca du Maurier i dwóch polskich przekładach. Badaniu przyświeca chęć odpowiedzi na następujące pytania: a) za pomocą jakich środków językowych i stylistycznych kreowana jest przemoc w oryginale i przekładzie? b) na ile obrazy przemocy stworzone przez polskich tłumaczy są spójne z obrazami pióra du Maurier? c) z jakimi trudnościami zmaga się tłumacz twórczości du Maurier, a szerzej gatunku gothic literature?

2024-09-28



Czasopismo: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich

Trzydzieści lat nieobecności. Chorwacka książka dla dzieci w Polsce (1990—2020)

Magdalena Ewa Ślawska

Język: PL | Data publikacji: 29-11-2022 | Abstrakt | s. 1-28

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zbadanie, w jaki sposób zmiany, które na przestrzeni ostatnich trzydziestu lat dokonały się na gruncie rynku książki dla dzieci w Polsce wpłynęły na wybór utworów dla dzieci chorwackich autorów, które poddano procesowi tłumaczenia i udostępniono polskim czytelnikom, a także ich funkcjonowanie i recepcję na gruncie kultury docelowej. Dzięki przeprowadzonym analizom będzie można oszacować rozmiar oraz kształt, jaki w badanym okresie chorwacka literatura dla dzieci przybrała w Polsce. W centrum mojego zainteresowania znajdą się przede wszystkim mechanizmy selekcji utworów – motywacje wydawców, podejmowane przez nich decyzje oraz konsekwencje ich wyborów. Analizy mechanizmów wyboru tekstów do tłumaczenia przez polskich wydawców oraz ich konsekwencji dokonam w oparciu o teorię pola literackiego Pierre’a Bourdieu.

2022-11-29