The English Intensifier Very and Its Croatian, Serbian, and Polish Translation Equivalents (based on “Winnie the Pooh” by A. A. Milne and Croatian, Serbian and, two Polish translations) Cover Image

Engleski intenzifikator very i njegovi hrvatski, srpski i poljski prijevodni ekvivalenti (na primjeru „Winnie the Pooh” A. A. Milnea i hrvatskog, srpskog te dvaju poljskih prijevoda)
The English Intensifier Very and Its Croatian, Serbian, and Polish Translation Equivalents (based on “Winnie the Pooh” by A. A. Milne and Croatian, Serbian and, two Polish translations)

Author(s): Paulina Pycia-Košćak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: intensifier; translation; equivalence; children’s literature

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the translation equivalents of the English intensifier very in Polish, Croatian and Serbian language. The research material was collected from two Polish, and Croatian and Serbian translations of the English children’s novel “Winnie the Pooh” by A. A. Milne. The aim of the work is to present different translation solutions related to the intensification of meaning. The article is focused on the analysis of non-literal equivalents of the source intensifier.

  • Issue Year: 15/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-19
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Croatian
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