J. Brodsky’s poem Predstavlenije presents no semantic difficulties for a Russian reader, but attempts to translate it into foreign languages have not always been successful due to a large number of references to Soviet reality and intertextual links found in the text. The present article is devoted to the comparative analysis of three translations of this poem: those done by Thomas Campbell and Alexandra Berlina (both into the English language) as well as one created by Jerzy Czech (into the Polish language).
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