TY - JOUR
TI - Kłopotliwi mistrzowie, czyli o rymotwórcach tłumaczących literaturę antyczną
AU - Skwara, Ewa
TI - Kłopotliwi mistrzowie, czyli o rymotwórcach tłumaczących literaturę antyczną
AB - 
	Troublesome Masters: Rhymesters Translating Ancient Literature

	
	This article outlines the history of rhyme in Polish translations of ancient literature and focuses on the role of major Polish poets, the “troublesome masters.” They were the ones who, through the use of rhyme in their translations, created a tradition so strong that it could not be easily defied. This rhyme routine had spawned multitudes of translators-verse mongers, who paid more attention to the structure and arrangement of their work than to the quality of their translation. The dominance of rhyme created the illusion that rhyme itself should be blamed for translation weaknesses, which resulted in hostility toward that stylistic measure. After years of its widespread use, or rather its misuse, in translation of ancient literature, rhyme was almost entirely abandoned in favour of prose or blank verse. Today rhyme slowly returns from exile, but only in those genres which in the Polish language have always been connected with it, such as epigram or fable. Moreover, rhyme re-appears where it is used to strengthen humour or alleviate the indecency of wit.
VL - 2012
IS - Issue 26 – Przekład mistrzów
PY - 2012
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 150
EP - 164
DO - :10.4467/16891864PC.12.009.0842
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przekladaniec/article/klopotliwi-mistrzowie-czyli-o-rymotworcach-tlumaczacych-literature-antyczna
KW - translation
KW - rhyme
KW - humour
KW - obscenities
KW - classical literature