Polish equivalents of the Russian proper name Kolobok Cover Image

Ekwiwalenty rosyjskiej nazwy własnej Kołobok w języku polskim
Polish equivalents of the Russian proper name Kolobok

Author(s): Joanna Orzechowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: proper name; translation; equivalent; communicative value; Kolobok

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of Polish equivalents of the Russian proper name Kolobok. Their diversity results from insufficient familiarity with the Russian source text (a folk fairy tale) in Poland, which is caused by little acquaintance with the hero of the story and lack of a Polish equivalent of such a fairy tale character that carries the same communicative value. Examples in-cluded in the paper do not always preserve the communicative value of the context: in few cases, it had been assessed which elements of the meaning are relevant and significant, and which are redundant, i.e. semantically irrelevant. Provisional equivalents in most cases are based on the inner semantics of the discussed proper name.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: XXIV
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish