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This article outlines various concepts of ‘foreignness' in translation with special regard to its ontological and processual relativism. It presents an analytical discussion on foreignness, an important issue, which may be noticed in translation studies. It also discusses selected concepts of foreignness formulated by representatives of both translation studies and other disciplines, such as linguistic communication. The paper elaborates on the complex character of foreignness and its management in the process of translation. The author refers to the internationally- acknowledged theoretical models of translation and takes into consideration the Polish findings with this regard.