Dubbing polskojęzyczny w okresie międzywojennym
Polish Dubbing in the Interwar Period

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to discuss Polish-language dubbing in the interwar period. The main aim is to compile the most comprehensive corpus of dubbed films and to provide relevant information about each translation. The data has been retrieved from Polish archives and press articles. Polish audiovisual archives contain only three films that were analysed, with a special reference to the metadata concerning individuals who had created the films. However, neither the films nor the metadata were sufficient to examine and assess the dubbing used in the movies. Therefore, most of the information about the films discussed in the article has been collected by analysing press articles taken from daily papers as well as film magazines. The numerous quotes cited in the article are intended to illustrate that dynamic period of film translation. They demonstrate that Poland did not lag behind the worldwide trends in film translation. Actually, this country did play its role in the development of dubbing of European and American films, though sometimes with difficulty and imperfectly. Over time, Poland developed its dubbing staff, while that specific mode of translation improved. Finally, in the late 1930s, thanks to individuals such as Ryszard Ordyński and his translation of Disney’s Snow White, Polish dubbing stood out against other dubbing practices.

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