Argonauci prawa i literatury. Uwagi o przekładzie oraz komparatystyce w studiach nad prawem i literaturą
Argonauts of Law and Literature. Notes on Translation and Comparative Studies in Law and Literature

Summary/Abstract: The relationships between comparative research and traductology are interconnected, because comparative studies use translations as a method of obtaining knowledge about other systems, and the results of comparative research are a source of knowledge for translation. These connections occur both in translating and comparing the law between different legal systems and languages, and in comparing multilingual literature. Similarly, translation work and comparative work, although starting at the linguistic level, go beyond it, in order to establish the cultural context of the text. The critical moment of this thought process is a specific linguistic “profit and loss account”, forced by the transfer of meanings from one language to another. This transfer can be compared to crossing borders: in relation to the law they are the borders of the empire, and in relation to literature – the borders of the world. In these empires and worlds, translators and comparativists play special cultural roles, mediating the transfer of meanings and symbols between the authors of texts and their recipients. Each of these roles, if played well, requires effort, courage, and understanding between different empires and worlds. The metaphor of the crew of the ship, on which the Argonauts set off on a “linguistic expedition”, believing that they will bring “the golden fleece”, that is, the same meanings in different worlds, defines the framework of the presented sketch.

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