TY - JOUR
TI - Treny Jana Kochanowskiego w angielskich przekładach
AU - Szwebs, Weronika
TI - Treny Jana Kochanowskiego w angielskich przekładach
AB - 
	Jan Kochanowski’s Treny in English Translations

	This article compares English translations of Jan Kochanowski’s Laments as well as discusses possible reasons and consequences of translatory choices. Dorothea Prall Radin, Stanisław Barańczak and Seamus Heaney, Michał Mikoś and Adam Czerniawski differ considerably in their attitude towards the formal features of the original. While the fi rst three versions preserve the original meter and rhyme schemes more or less successfully, Czerniawski abandons the strict patterns of the original. The article also examines the ways in which the translators deal with such stylistic features of Laments as the apostrophes and diminutives, classical simplicity and references to Psalms. The analysis of specifi c instances reveals the translators’ achievements as well as their failures that occasionally disturb the consistent vision created in Kochanowski’s cycle. Moreover, the analysis refers to selected reviews to illustrate the reception of old Polish literature in English-speaking countries.
VL - 2012
IS - Issue 26 – Przekład mistrzów
PY - 2013
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 299
EP - 318
DO - 10.4467/16891864PC.12.018.0851
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przekladaniec/article/treny-jana-kochanowskiego-w-angielskich-przekladach
KW - Jan Kochanowski
KW - Laments
KW - Dorothea Prall
KW - Stanisław Barańczak
KW - Seamus Heaney
KW - Michał Mikoś
KW - Adam Czerniawski
KW - reception of Polish literature
KW - Polish literature in translation
KW - translation strategies
KW - archaizing translation
KW - modernizing translation