Outline of the problem of foreign-language equivalents of headwords in the Dictionary of Polish Orthodox Terminology Cover Image

Zarys problematyki obcojęzycznych odpowiedników wyrazów hasłowych Słownika polskiej terminologii prawosławnej
Outline of the problem of foreign-language equivalents of headwords in the Dictionary of Polish Orthodox Terminology

Author(s): Grzegorz Makal, Włodzimierz Misijuk
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: religious terminology; foreign-language equivalents; synonym; Orthodoxy; terminologia religijna; odpowiedniki obcojęzyczne; synonim; prawosławie

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the general principles of assigning to the entry words of the Dictionary of Polish Orthodox Terminology their Greek, Church Slavonic and English equivalents, points to problems resulting from differences in the scope of terminology in particular categories of headwords and their foreign-language equivalents, analyzes the problems and presents the methods of solving them, established in the course of work on the Dictionary, by using foreign-language equivalents of headwords’ synonyms. The article points to various sources and the lack of sources of some foreign-language equivalents to Orthodox terms presented in a Dictionary of Polish Orthodox Terminology.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 141-145
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish