Visibility and Marginalisation: Polish Female Literary Translators of the 19th Century Cover Image

Widoczność i marginalizacja – polskie tłumaczki literackie XIX wieku
Visibility and Marginalisation: Polish Female Literary Translators of the 19th Century

Author(s): Markus Eberharter
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Karolina Dębska; literary translation (19th century); women translators; translation sociology; translator studies; collective biographies;

Summary/Abstract: The review presents Karolina Debska’s 2023 study about Polish women literarytranslators, in which she examines the fates of mostly invisible women translators in the19th century from an individual and collective perspective. The innovative contributionto sociological and biographical translation research made by the author is emphasised,as is the extensive source analysis that serves as the basis for the study. The author isconvinced that Debska‘s study is a productive addition to modern translation researchand makes an important contribution to its further methodological development.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 165 - 172
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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