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2014 | 23 | 263-273

Article title

Lovetown. Kilka uwag o angielskim tłumaczeniu Lubiewa

Content

Title variants

EN
Lovetown. Some remarks on the Englih translation of Lubiewo

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
The article is an analysis of the English translation of Michał Witkowski’s Lubiewo, the translation first published in 2010 as Lovetown. The discussion focuses on the level of difficulty facing the translator, Bill Martin, in the context of numerous intertextual references in Lubiewo, the problem of memory and post-dependency. It is also an attempt at inquiry into the influence of translator’s decisions on the reception of the novel abroad. In particular, the question of translation of the aesthetic of bent and camp in the text, which is visible in theatric quality of language, use of emotionally marked expressions, hyperboles, sexual undertones, sexual language proper, language games, gay slang etc.

Year

Issue

23

Pages

263-273

Physical description

Dates

published
2014-01-01

Contributors

  • Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza. Wydział Filologii Polskiej i Klasycznej.

References

  • Witkowski M., Lubiewo, wyd. 3 popr. i uzup., Kraków 2005.
  • Witkowski M., Lovetown, tłum. W. Martin, Londyn 2010:
  • - źródło: http://www.worldbooks.com/lovetown-by-michal-witkowski-522602.html, dostęp: 12 maja 2014;
  • - źródło: http//www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?artidenumber=11227, dostęp: 12 maja 2014;
  • - źródło: http://www.portobellobooks.com/lovetown, dostęp: 12 maja 2014;
  • - źródło: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/mar/14/where--serpent-lives-templegoers-lovetown, dostęp: 12 maja 2014;
  • - źródło: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/revievs/lovetown-by-michal-witkowski-trans-w-martin-1972546.html, dostęp: 12 maja 2014.

Document Type

Publication order reference

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YADDA identifier

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