The Translations of Russian Children’s Books into Slovak – the Past, Present, and Future Cover Image

Preklady ruskej detskej literatúry do slovenčiny včera, dnes – a zajtra?
The Translations of Russian Children’s Books into Slovak – the Past, Present, and Future

Author(s): Ivana Kupková
Subject(s): Russian Literature
Published by: Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: Russian children’s books; translation; representativeness; ideological point of view; aesthetic qualities;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the development of translating Russian children’s books into Slovak in the 20th century regarding the representativeness of the translated books in the source culture. In the majority of the translated books an ideological element, more or less present in the children’s literature of the Soviet period, did not impair their artistic value. Several have even become the classics of children’s reading for Slovak children. After the year 1989 the situation has radically changed and translating of Russian children’s books almost does not exist. The lack of translators from Russian is one of the reasons.

  • Issue Year: III/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 24-35
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak