Ukrainische Übersetzungen russisch(sprachig)er Literatur: Gogol’, Tołstoj und Gorkij in sowjetischen Ausgaben und deren sprachliche sowie semantische Relevanz
Ukrainian translations of Russian literature: Gogol ', Tołstoj and Gorkij in Soviet editions and their linguistic and semantic relevance

Summary/Abstract: Translations are not only an integral part of the development of a standard language but also a point of orientation in cultural affairs. In the case of Ukrainian, starting from the middle of the 19th century, mostly translations of fictional works from Western European languages played an important role. In contrast, Russian literature has been recognized dominantly within world literature. Even in the 1920s only selected works, and often not the major ones, were translated from Russian into Ukrainian. Only when the so-called policy of Ukrainization after 1933 came to an end, was a huge amount of translations from Russian prepared. By examining works from three different writers (Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol), who were at least by the 1930s all identified as Russian writers (but maybe of other origin), the author of this article tries to highlight different approaches to translations during Soviet times. A detailed analysis reflects the attempts to influence significant signs of culture and by this either put the translation in a more Ukrainian or a more Russian context.

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