TY - JOUR
TI - Between Gain and Loss: Reduction and Expansion in Translation of Texts for the
	Theatre. The example – Polish Plays of the 20th and 21st Centuries
AU - Schultze, Brigitte
AU - Weinhagen, Beata
TI - Between Gain and Loss: Reduction and Expansion in Translation of Texts for the
	Theatre. The example – Polish Plays of the 20th and 21st Centuries
AB - 
	The possibility of finding general premises for a theory of drama translation has been dismissed long ago (Schultze 2015b). It is, however, still feasible to consider single structural elements (deixis, forms of address) in translational transfer. Reduction and expansion deserve permanent attention, be it as aesthetic devices in source texts or as translational solutions – between gain and loss – in target texts. This article discusses reduction and expansion in two Polish theatre classics of the international repertory: Mrożek’s Tango and Głowacki’s Antygona w Nowym Jorku. The target texts are English, French, German and Russian translations, partly also theatre scripts. The authors argue that theatre translation has a chance to overcome drawbacks of linguistic asymmetries.
VL - 2015
IS - Issue 31 – Przekład na scenie
PY - 2016
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 125
EP - 139
DO - 10.4467/16891864PC.15.024.4953
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przekladaniec/article/miedzy-zyskiem-a-strata-redukcja-i-ekspansja-w-tlumaczeniu-tekstow-dla-teatru-na-przykladzie-polskich-dramatow-xx-i-xxi-wieku
KW - drama translation
KW - reduction and expansion in drama translations and adaptations
KW - linguistic asymmetries
KW - Sławomir Mrożek
KW - Janusz Głowacki