Kilka uwag dotyczących przekładu na język rumuński powieści Józefa Mackiewicza „Nie trzeba głośno mówić”
A Few Observations on the Translation of Józef Mackiewicz’s Novel „Nie trzeba głośno mówić” [You Mustn’t Speak Aloud] into Romanian

Summary/Abstract: Based on the translation of the novel Nie trzeba głośno mówić [You Mustn’t Speak Aloud] by Józef Mackiewicz, whose action takes place during the Second World War, mainly in the eastern territories known in Polish as Kresy Wschodnie, the author of the article analyzes several terms that pose special challenges to the translator: Rzeczpospolita, Kresy, kresowość, krajowość. The very notion of Rzeczpospolita (Republic) is a paradox: the name of a republic for a state entity headed by a monarch. Behind this concept lies the Sarmatian myth, an essential component of Polish cultural history, without which the translator cannot penetrate the deeper layers of the narrative. The term Kresy cannot be rendered in Romanian by a single lexeme but only through periphrasis: Ținuturi de Margine or Ținuturi Răsăritene (Borderlands or Eastern Territories). It is not so much the name itself that is important, but rather its multinational and multicultural character, which is strongly reflected in the pages of the novel. In the second part of the article, the author also discusses the issue of historical and cultural transfer of certain terms that have long been integrated into the European lexicon but, in the Polish writer’s vision, undergo modifications: kraj, naród, rewolucja, historia. The article highlights the importance, for the translator, of knowing the cultural history of the country from which they are translating.

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