De fantastische jeugdliteratuur in vertaling: De vertaling van De brief voor de koning van Tonke Dragt in het Pools
Phantastic youth literature in translation: The Polish translation of De brief voor de koning by Tonke Dragt

Summary/Abstract: In recent years the popularity of children’s and youth literature has increased, especially the fantastic literature. Also the number of translations of this kind of books is still growing. The fantasy worlds described in this genre also have their own ‘realia,’ which can be translated in different ways. That fantastic ‘culture-specific’ elements can also be linked to a real culture or cultural-historical period, even if the connotations are not always immediately visible. The translators use different translation strategies such as copy, replacement, translation (literally or not) or different modifications. These strategies were also used in the Polish translation of The letter for the king (Tonke Dragt) which has appeared in 2017. This is one of the most famous Dutch children’s books. In 2004 it was awarded with a special prize: Griffel der Griffels—for the very best book from 1955 onwards. The analysis in the article focused on the translation of proper names and some selected common names and other realia of that quasi-medieval fantasy world.

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