Leśmian (nie)przekładalny. Wybrane problemy tłumaczenia poezji Bolesława Leśmiana na języki czeski, ukraiński, słowacki i rosyjski
Leśmian Untranslatable. Selected Problems of Translating Bolesław Leśmian's poetry into Czech, Ukrainian, Slovak and Russian

Author(s): Magdalena Ukrainets
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Bolesław Leśmian; translation; comparative studies; Slav languages; translation studies
Summary/Abstract: In this interdisciplinary study, which combines literary comparative studies and translatology, the author analyses the translations of Bolesław Leśmian’s poetry into Czech, Slovak, Russian and Ukrainian. She examines in detail key translation challenges, such as so-called leśmianisms, neologisms, metaphors, negative poetics and the specific categories of time and space that shaped poet’s works. The publication is notable for its introduction of transposition theory as a tool to solve the problem of untranslatability and practical recommendations for translators. It fills an important gap in research on the reception of Leśmian in Slav languages, especially in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian, which have so far been marginalized.

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