A Look from Afar: History of Literary Translation in Poland from the Perspective of the Research Project “Histoire de la traduction littéraire en Europe médiane” Cover Image

Spojrzenie z oddali: historia przekładu literackiego w Polsce z perspektywy projektu „Histoire de la traduction littéraire en Europe médiane”
A Look from Afar: History of Literary Translation in Poland from the Perspective of the Research Project “Histoire de la traduction littéraire en Europe médiane”

Author(s): Marzena Chrobak
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history of literary translation; literary translation in Poland; pseudotranslations; urgent translations;

Summary/Abstract: Inspired by the questionnaire answered while working on the international research project “Histoire de la traduction littéraire en Europe médiane” (INALCO, France, 2009–2018), the author discusses the reasons behind and the characteristics of pseudotranslations published in Poland after 1945 and of the “urgent” translations done in Poland between 1945 and 1989.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 125-142
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish