O pierwszych przekładach Konstytucji 3 Maja
On the First Translations of Konstytucja 3 Maja (The Constitution of 3 May, 1791)

Summary/Abstract: An analysis of English, French, and German translations of Konstytucja 3 Maja (The Constitution of 3 May, 1791), done in the year 1791, is made subject of the article. The authoress of the study attempts to trace the history of the translations: when they were published, who their authors were, what the circumstances that accompanied their productions were, and how great their extent was. Additionally, she tries to examine the translator’s purposes and the ways they strived to accomplish them. This task is linked to an analysis of the translations themselves, their faithfulness to the original, and also with the policy the translators adopted, their attitude to the original, ability to express the Polish content in a foreign language, as well as the with modes of adjusting the discourse to the target receivers’ political language.

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