Tłumacze fantastycznego leksykonu w niezwyczajnych rolach. O Słowniku miejsc wyobrażonych
Translators of a Fantastic Lexicon in Unaccustomed Roles: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places in Polish

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the translation of Manguel and Guadalupi’s The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, a dictionary that is intended to entertain and educate, and whose scope and size make it an intimidating translation task. The author examines what the Polish Słownik miejsc wyobrażonych (2019) communicates about the forms of translators’ (team)work and about the competences they were required to exercise. The peculiar nature of the reference book warrants examining how translators performed the roles of authors (sic), experts (some of them had translated certain works covered in the dictionary), researchers, bibliographers and even cartographers. The Polish edition is surveyed as a source of literary knowledge and reading pleasure, but also of misunderstandings (e.g. as to the authorship of some elements of the text).

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