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The aim of this paper is to present the functional and holistic approach to translation studies. The point of departure constitute the tenets of anthropocentric translation studies laid down by F. Grucza and subsequently developed by, inter alia, S. Grucza and B.Z. Kielar who discussed them in their publications. The paper presents and discusses the holistic model of translation studies, in which the primary research object is differentiated from the secondary one, and the role of the translator is extended during the act of translation.