From translation to imitation

• Authors: Jackson Richard

Title variants

PL

Od tłumaczenia do naśladowania

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Translation is not only an important way to learn the art of poetry, but also provides a way to understand other cultures. However, it is mostly misunderstood: some would desire a literal translation even if the spirit of the text is lost, others a loose version even if the meaning is lost. Everything we write is already a translation in that is made of words as opposed to the original experience, and every translation is then necessarily an interpretation. Literary translation involves trying to recreate the experience of the original, and this can be done in ways ranging from actual translation to imitation.

Keywords

PL

tłumaczenie; imitacja; poezja; parafraza; adaptacja

EN

translation; imitation; poetry; paraphrase; adaptation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-27

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Jackson Richard

• University of Tennessee

translator

Tokarz Wojciech

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Identifiers

ISSN

1899-9417