Style as a Specific Problem of Literary Translation. An overview of the English and Italian Translations of Witold Gombrowicz’s Works Cover Image

Problem stylizacji w tłumaczeniu dzieł Witolda Gombrowicza. Przegląd badań nad angielskimi i włoskimi przekładami
Style as a Specific Problem of Literary Translation. An overview of the English and Italian Translations of Witold Gombrowicz’s Works

Author(s): Claudio Salmeri
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Gombrowicz; style; translation; criticism

Summary/Abstract: This research study deals with an area which has largely escaped the attention of researchers so far, i.e. linguistic equivalence and the limits to the translatability of Gombrowicz’s convoluted style, an effective deterrent for other translators. This article investigates the English and Italian translations of various works of Gombrowicz. Particular attention must be paid to the way in which translators have rendered the Polish original, and above all to the vocabulary, phrasing and structure of the language used by Gombrowicz in the Italian and English languages.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 139-152
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish