The fans of French songs have recently received a real windfall: two CDs prepared by Michał Bajor with the French songs chosen by the artist. Polish translations by Wojciech Młynarski, very accurate at the level of meaning, are an important advantage of the publication. However, the high fidelity between the original and the translation does not provide the excellent compatibility between both groups of texts. This article shows, from the point of view of the process of translation, the functioning of the songs selected by the authors of the disc both in the target and original culture. While in France many of the songs selected by Michał Bajor are considered as classics that have no longer a special interest among the French auditors, on a contrary in the Polish culture it is possible to observe the enduring interest in this form of creation. Interestingly, we find that the average Polish recipient perceives the song from the perspective of artists such as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Joe Dassin, without being aware of new trends in music. We are therefore faced with an interesting cultural transfer process, in which the faithful translation does not guarantee the absence of deformation, resulting in this case, at least in part, from differences in the “time‑space” of the original and the translation.
DIFFERENT ROLES OF LITERARY FEMALE TRANSLATORS IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT: THE EXAMPLE OF LORI SAINT-MARTIN
The activities undertaken by female translators in the Canadian context definitely go beyond the traditionally observed framework. This is mainly due to the specific role of the translation itself, which is regulated at the institutional level. In addition, translation is understood very broadly, often becoming one of the tools for creativity. This overview shows the different roles of translation in Canada, as well as the different roles of female translators, who are also authors and, in the case of feminist translation and “translation in the feminine”, influence the perception of the translation process itself. All these roles are concentrated in the activities of Lori Saint-Martin, translator, author, and researcher, whose last essay Un bien nécessaire. Éloge de la traduction littéraire has been subjected to a broader analysis.
From Translation to the Writing: On the Quebec Feminists, Anglo-Canadian Women Translators and the Translation ContinuumThe article presents the unique relationship between French- and English- -speaking translators in Canada, which has resulted in a great number of interesting translation phenomena. The author makes reference to the distinction between feminist translation and translation in the feminine, derived from literature in the feminine, both widely practiced in Quebec. One of the representatives of this trend was Suzanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood, mostly French-English translator, known for her translations of Nicole Brossard’s works. Her activity, as well as that of other translators, contributed to the spread of the idea of translation in the feminine among Canadian writers and theoreticians. What is more, their cooperation has resulted in the creation of the magazine Tessera and in the emergence of a range of phenomena on the borderline between translation and literature. This relationship is also a rare example of the impact of “minor literature”, which is the literature of Quebec, on the English-language Canadian literature.
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