Dated Translations of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Cat that Walked by Himself”
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Publication date: 04.03.2013
Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 161-175
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Dated Translations of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Cat that Walked by Himself”
The existing Polish translations of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, created in the early 20th century, seem faulty nowadays, mainly due to the loss of various stylistic features of the original. One possible explanation may be a generic absence: a lack of comparable prose style in Polish at the time. In my article I attempt to point out the drawbacks of the two Polish translations of Kipling’s “The Cat that Walked by Himself.” I also present my own, alternative, version.
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Information: Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Issue 22-23/2009-2010 – Translating Fairy Tales, pp. 161-175
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Published at: 04.03.2013
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