Czesława Miłosza koncepcja przekładu tekstów biblijnych. Rekonstrukcja

• Authors: Monika Kaczorowska

Title variants

EN

CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ’S IDEA OF BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS: RECONSTRUCTION

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Czesław Miłosz, known mainly as a poet, translator of poetry and lecturer in Polish literature, was also a Bible translator from original languages. He wanted to create not only a new translation of the Bible, but also a new language: of translation and of Polish poetry. He saw himself as a restorer of Polish culture. In his work this intention was deeply intertwined with an aspiration towards a spiritual renewal of the contemporary man. As a Bible translator, Miłosz wanted to obtain a text as close to its original as possible and, at the same time, poetically successful and beautiful. But his critics claimed that he had missed the goal. Some reproached Miłosz for creating a version much “heavier” in reception, even unnatural; others maintained that the translator had not understood the essence of the sacred text. This article reconstructs Miłosz’s ideas of biblical translation and of poetry. It also points out their similarities and concludes that Miłosz translated the Bible to integrate it with his own poetic vision rather than to produce a text for liturgy.

Keywords

EN

the Bible; poetry; translation of the Bible; poetry translation; psalms

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Przekładaniec. Półrocznik Katedry UNESCO do Badań nad Przekładem i Komunikacja Miedzykulturowa UJ
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 344-357

Dates

online

2012-05-30

Contributors

author

Monika Kaczorowska

• Wydział Filologii Polskiej Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/16891864PC.12.025.0452