On translation of film titles from German into Polish Cover Image

Zur Übertragung von Filmtiteln aus dem Deutschen ins Polnische
On translation of film titles from German into Polish

Author(s): Magdalena Zofia Feret, Andrzej S. Feret
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Translation Studies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: translation of film titles; German; Polish;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on current tendencies in translation of film titles from German to Polish. In order to determine which translation tendencies prevail contemporarily, an analysis was performed concerning titles of German films shown during the so called Week of German Film since 2010 and their Polish counterparts. The aim was to identify translation strategies applied to render these film titles. Results of the analysis presented here were also compared with results of the analysis of film titles translation from English into Polish.

  • Issue Year: 24/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 229-245
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: German