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ON THE MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS IN ZOGRAF MONASTERY

ИЗ ЗОГРАФСКИТЕ ФРАГМЕНТИ

Author(s): Andrey Bojadzhiev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Slavic manuscripts from Zograf library; parchment fragments; Zograf folia; orthography; paleography; electronic edition

The paper makes a short overview of the parchment fragments kept in the library of Zograf monastery on mount Athos. Then it throws attention to the oldest of them, Zograf folia, and characterizes some ot its paleographic and linguistic features. The paper further hypotesize that there are close parallels in orthography between Zograf folia, Old Russian manuscripts like Izbornik from 1073, Izbornik from 1076 and Menaion of Dobrian and the Athonite manuscripts from 13th-14th centuries. The review of these parallels concludes with information on electronically published new edition of Zograf fragments.

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TWO PARCHMENT FRAGMENTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF ZOGRAF MONASTERY

ЗА ДВА ПЕРГАМЕНТНИ ФРАГМЕНТА ОТ БИБЛИОТЕКАТА НА ЗОГРАФСКАТА СВЕТА ОБИТЕЛ

Author(s): Petko Petkov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic; Slavic; Lectionary; Menaeon

The article deals with two Slavic parchment fragments from the library of Zographou monastery on the Holy Mountain Athos. Here are established their content and their orthographical and linguistic features. The first one (Zogr. 282) is a Serbian lectionary from the XIII c., the second one (Zogr. 285) is a Bulgarian festal menaeon from the first half of the XIV c.

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WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA – THE 20-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

ВИСЛАВА ШИМБОРСКА – 20-ГОДИШНИНА ОТ ПРИСЪЖДАНЕТО НА НОБЕЛОВАТА НАГРАДА

Author(s): Weronika Szwedek / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Wislawa Szymborska; Polish poets; Nobel Prize; Nobelists; literature; poetry

Twenty years before, The Swedish Academy honnors Wisława Szymborska with the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many events – scientific, cultural, art and public are planned and realized to remind the significance of the role of Polish poetry as another Nobelist Czeslaw Milosz claims in his congratulations. The Wislawa Szymborska Foundation established in 2012 by virtue of the Nobel Prize winner’s last testament in partnership of other cultural organizations release a new film Written life (Napisane życie) on Milosz Festival with live interviews of the secretary of the poet Michal Rusinek and the film's director Marta Wegiel. The native town of the great poet realizes also an interesting program of events including concerts, videоreadings of Szymborska’s poetry followers in a creative atmosphere. Many posters with popular poems and interesting collages complete regional diversity. The present article relates all moments in 2016 considered as important to tell the journey of award-winning author and her poetry in time.

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"WHERE BIRDS ARE LIGHTER." EXPERIENCES AND IMPRESSIONS OF BULGARIAN WRITERS IN ITALY

"ТАМ, КЪДЕТО ПТИЦИТЕ СА ПО-ЛЕКИ." ПРЕЖИВЕЛИЦИ И ВПЕЧАТЛЕНИЯ НА БЪЛГАРСКИ ПИСАТЕЛИ В ИТАЛИЯ

Author(s): Boyka Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Bulgarian writers; Italy; travels; experiences; impressions

This text aims to present some experiences and impressions of Bulgarian writers in Italy. Traditionally, Italy is perceived by Bulgarians as a cultural etalon and a cradle of the European Renaissance. There are a few accents in the focus of the research: the act of travelling and the emotions coming out of that; the reaction of the Eastern man when he contacts the Western culture; perception of the cultural monuments; self-reflection and thoughts of the travelers; images of the other; comparison between the premised (expected) image of Italy and the seen/experienced.

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THE WRITERS‟ ANONYMITY AS A PR TOOL. AN ITALIAN CASE

ПИСАТЕЛСКАТА АНОНИМНОСТ КАТО ПИАР. ЕДИН ИТАЛИАНСКИ СЛУЧАЙ

Author(s): Daria Karapetkova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Contemporary Italian Literature; Neapolitan Quartet novels; translation; literary identity; PR strategies

Contemporary Italian writer Elena Ferrante has become world-famous since the English translations of her novels and especially The Neapolitan Quartet novels made their appearance in the libraries. Although, no one has ever seen her, she communicates via email and still, this doesn’t affect her success. On the contrary, her anonymity seems to have stimulated readers’ interest. In a case of author’s unknown identity, what prevails – mystery or quality?

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MARIANIC MOTIVE IN THE POEMS BY GORAZD ZVONICKÝ AND JAN TWARDOWSKI

MOTYW MARYJNY W TWÓRCZOŚCI GORAZDA ZVONICKIEGO I JANA TWARDOWSKIEGO

Author(s): Zuzana Obertová / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Gorazd Zvonický; Jan Twardowski; catholic modernism; religious poetry; Mother of God

This paper deals with the Slovak and Polish religious poetry. Two poets-priests of each country are presented – Gorazd Zvonický as the Slovak author and Jan Twardowski as the Polish one. Even though their lives as well as most of their works are different, both of them used the motif of the Mother of God in their poems in a similar way. The paper presents concrete examples and quotes of the poets, so the similarities can be seen.

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PEYO YAVOROV: FROM THE HOTHOUSE OF "MISAL" MAGAZINE TO THE LITERARY CANON

ПЕЙО ЯВОРОВ: ОТ ОРАНЖЕРИЯТА НА "МИСЪЛ" ДО ЛИТЕРАТУРНИЯ КАНОН

Author(s): Tsvetan Rakyovski / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: P. K. Yavorov; Bulgarian canon; "Bulgarian Anthology"; "The Rays of Poetry"; "Anthology of Bulgarian Poetry"

The main purpose of the text is to present how P. K. Yavorov comes into the Bulgarian Canon. On the one hand, there are three anthologies containing works of the poet: 1) "Bulgarian Anthology" which is collected by D. Podvarzachov and D. Debelyanov; 2) "The Rays of Poetry" named by the compiler – Georgi Bakalov, "poetical collection", and 3) "Anthology of Bulgarian Poetry" by Geo Milev. On the other hand, Yavorov comes to the Bulgarian Canon thanks to the textbookish literature.

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THE FIGURE OF THE PAST IN THE LITERATURE OF THE THIRD AGE

ОБРАЗЪТ НА МИНАЛОТО В ЛИТЕРАТУРАТА НА ТРЕТАТА ВЪЗРАСТ

Author(s): Stiliyan Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: literature of the third age; reconstruction of the past; therapy through literature; region literature

The paper gives definition of the concept “literature of the third age” and attempts to make into a system the figure of the past in it. The author accepts the thesis that the past is time of development. The time is the same for the authors that went through mental trauma in the past: refugees and Bulgarian Mohammedans. The accent is on the specific reception of the literature of the third age.

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MODELS OF DIALOGUE IN THE MEDIA SPEECH

МОДЕЛИ НА ДИАЛОГА В МЕДИЙНАТА РЕЧ

Author(s): Venera Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: recipient; sender; manipulation; answer; question; media

The subject of the article is the answer as a reaction to the question in Bulgarian media discourse between the recipient and sender. The models that are analyzed do not fall into standard expectations when the recipient fills gaps in the information of the questioner. Various situations are analyzed, but in particular via so-called "dialogic game" where interlocutors have relatively equal participation in verbal communication. The aim is to penetrate to some extent in the principles of verbal interpersonal interaction. To understand whether there are specific models that successfully avoid unwanted response from the addressee. Are there any "stereotypes" of speech behavior? And how they spread in the Bulgarian media context? Are there dominant models that serve as "universal formula"?

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ON SOME CASES OF LANGUAGE MANIPULATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN POLITICAL SPEECH

ЗА НЯКОИ ПРОЯВИ НА ЕЗИКОВА МАНИПУЛАЦИЯ В ДНЕШНАТА БЪЛГАРСКА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКА РЕЧ

Author(s): Kristiyana Simeonova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: political discourse; manipulation; metaphor

This article considers the most commonly used mechanisms of language manipulation, that occur in the contemporary Bulgarian political speech.

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NATURE AND LIMITS OF THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND THE HATE SPEECH

СЪЩНОСТ И ГРАНИЦИ НА ЕЗИКА НА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАТА КОРЕКТНОСТ И ЕЗИКА НА ОМРАЗАТА

Author(s): Andreana Eftimova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: politically correct language; hate speech; public strategies; speech categories

The article discusses the content and language aspects of two concepts - the politically correct language and hate speech. It outlines clear parallels between the concepts - speech categories, manipulative deliberate public strategies with recurrent character, language-reform policies and more.

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THE TRENDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS FOR CHILDREN

ТЕНДЕНЦИИ В СЪВРЕМЕННИЯ ДЕТСКО-ЮНОШЕСКИ ПЕЧАТ

Author(s): Tanya Stoyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: periodicals; children literature; education; entertainment; didactic and nondidactic literature

This paper focuses on the periodicals for children published and spent from the beginning of 21 century. The author discusses some trends of the new magazines. They are result of thenational tradition and the influence of some popular English speaking editions for children.

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THE TERM “PERFECT STORM” AND ITS INVASION IN THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE REALITY

ЗА ТЕРМИНА „ПЕРФЕКТНА БУРЯ” И ИНВАЗИЯТА МУ И В МЕДИЦИНСКАТА ЕЗИКОВА ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛНОСТ

Author(s): Dimitriya Zhelyazkova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: language use perfect storm; medical discourse; language register; American terminology

The article describes the history of the term “perfect storm” and its possible aspects of language use. The use of the term in various arts is also analyzed. Its widespread metaphorical use is necessary not only in politics and economics, but also in the medical discourse. The forthcoming publication of the first scientific material in Bulgaria is under the title: “Case with dissection of the thoracic aorta type B, aneurysmal expansion of the thoracic aorta and thrombosis of the aneurysm of the abdominal aorta ‒ Perfect storm in vascular surgery” which reflects the entry of imposed American terminology in the medical language register.

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CHANGES IN PRESS-LANGUAGE IN THE GERMAN DAILY PRESS AFTER 1989

ÄNDERUNGEN DER PRESSESPRACHE NACH DER WENDE IN DEN DEUTSCHEN TAGESZEITUNGEN

Author(s): Tomash Godish / Language(s): German / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Changes in press-language; Stylistic analysis in press-language; Style of German daily press; language changes

This article deals with the changes in press-language in German daily press during the period from 1988 to 2013. Its goal is to present the most important results of the press-language analysis. It documents changes in stylistic shade, language economy (sentence length) and in the range of vocabulary of foreign origin. An attempt is also made to formulate the development trends of the present language of daily press. The research focused on 55 editions of the most widespread quality newspapers (FAZ, ND-Zeitung) and tabloids (BILD) in Germany. In last chapter author also deals with the GDR-vocabulary with the aim to demonstrate its assimilation into the westgerman language variant.

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THE CATEGORY OF GRAMMATICAL NUMBER AND THE PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION INTO SLAVIC CONTEXT

КАТЕГОРИЯТА ЧИСЛО И ПРОБЛЕМИТЕ НА ПРЕВОДА В СЛАВЯНСКИ КОНТЕКСТ

Author(s): Elena Krejčová / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: grammatical number; Slavonic languages; singularia tantum; pluralia tantum; translation equivalents

The paper aims to identify some differences in grammatical category number in Slavic languages, which in its semantics and means of expression is almost identical in all Slavic languages. Our interest is aimed at those nouns that exist in language only in singular form (singularia tantum) or plural form (pluralia tantum) and to their translation equivalents in Slavic context with an emphasis on translation practice especially regarding to the potential occurrence of linguistic interference.

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OBSERVATION ON TRANSLATION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC REALIA (RUSSIAN-BULGARIAN AND BULGARIAN-RUSSIAN EQUIVALENTS)

НАБЛЮДЕНИЯ ВЪРХУ ПРЕВОДА НА ЕТНОГРАФСКИ РЕАЛИИ (РУСКО-БЪЛГАРСКИ И БЪЛГАРСКО-РУСКИ СЪОТВЕТСТВИЯ)

Author(s): Ilka Birova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: ethnographic realia; Russian-Bulgarian; Bulgarian-Russian; translation; equivalents

This article examines translation of ethnographic realia from Russian into Bulgarian and from Bulgarian into Russian language. These realia represent national cultural specificity. The observation is on the base of the texts in culturology. The author analyzes different transformations in realia translation as a creative process of searching for adequate and precise equivalents.

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TEMPORAL IDIOMS THROUGH THE PRISM OF BULGARIAN AND RUSSIAN

ТЕМПОРАЛНИТЕ ФРАЗЕОЛОГИЗМИ ПРЕЗ ПРИЗМАТА НА БЪЛГАРСКИЯ И РУСКИЯ ЕЗИК

Author(s): Irina Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: time flow; cognitive time pattern; time measurement; global time patterns in language

People sense the time flow in two possible ways. One possible way is the changes in nature (seasons, weather). It can be divided into small equally measured and degradable pieces – years into months, months into weeks, weeks into days, days into hours, etc. This is the so-called atomic time. Another, more mental rather than physical change is the happening of an important event. The last one is responsible for the existence of history, although it actually lacks a solid substance to be measured in detail.

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SPEECH ACTIVITY OF HUMANS SEEN THROUGH THE PRISM OF BULGARIAN AND GERMAN LEXICAL COMPOSITION

РЕЧЕВАТА ДЕЙНОСТ НА ЧОВЕКА ПРЕЗ ПРИЗМАТА НА БЪЛГАРСКИЯ И НЕМСКИЯ ЛЕКСИКАЛЕН СЪСТАВ

Author(s): Hristina Vihrogonova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: speech activity; language; speech; thematic field; language picture of world

The present article aims at including lexical items typical for speech activity in Bulgarian and German language, arranging them in thematic fields. Phraseological items from Bulgarian language and their closest German equivalents are basically used. The most important theoretical views concerning linguistic terms language and speech are presented. Brief characteristics of Bulgarian and German verbal world is being presented.

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ROMAN JACOBSON ON THE POSITION OF THE SPEAKER, INTERPRETER AND RECIPIENT

РОМАН ЯКОБСОН ЗА ПОЗИЦИИТЕ НА ГОВОРЕЩИЯ, ПРЕВОДАЧА И СЛУШАТЕЛЯ

Author(s): Svetla Tomanova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: . Jacobson; linguistic; Slavic Studies; theory of translation

Jacobson was one of the greatest linguists of the 20th century. He was one of the leaders of the Prague Linguistic Circle. Later he became one of the founding members of the Linguistic Circle of New York. He taught at numerous institutions, including Harvard University. He helped to bridge the gap between the European and the American linguistics. He had a profound influence on general linguistics and on Slavic Studies. Also on semiotics, anthropology, ethnology, communication theory, literary studies and theory of translation. His famous classification of translation is part of the intellectual heritage of semiotics and translation theory.

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PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATING TEXTS OF FEATURE FILMS (PRACTICAL ASPECTS)

ПРОБЛЕМЫ ПЕРЕВОДА ТЕКСТОВ ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННЫХ ФИЛЬМОВ (ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ)

Author(s): Ekaterina Solntseva-Nakova,Vladimir Manchev / Language(s): Russian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: cinema and video translation; training of the cinema translation; dubbing-in

The report examines the main issues related to the preparation of future professionals who will work as translators of feature films, highlights the necessity of teaching the translation of film and video in the masters program at colleges and universities.

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