Obscene images in the cycle Moscow Taverns and the problems connected with translating them into Polish

Authors

  • Kaja Borkowska Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Rusycystyki, 90-226 Łódź, ul. Pomorska 171/173

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1427-9681.10.11

Keywords:

obscene vocabulary, swear words, Silver Age, Sergei Yesenin, Moscow Taverns, translation techniques

Abstract

The article reviews the role of obscene vocabulary in Sergei Yesenin’s cycle Moscow Taverns, as well as the problems connected with rendering them into Polish. The material ofthe analysis, Yeseninʼs poetry, is famous for a high frequency of terms of abuse. The resultsof the examination make it possible to pinpoint certain regularities in translation transformations.The potential translation variants are shown on basis of three Polish translators’works, pertaining to different periods. Due to this, it is possible to observe the evolving attitudesto translating obscene images in Yesenin’s poetry in a diachronic perspective.

Author Biography

  • Kaja Borkowska, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Rusycystyki, 90-226 Łódź, ul. Pomorska 171/173

    Kaja Borkowska – magister filologii rosyjskiej, absolwentka Instytutu Rusycystyki Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. Praca magisterska na temat Leksyka nienormatywna w liryce Siergieja Jesienina i jej przekład na język polski (2017). 

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Published

2017-12-30

Issue

No. 10 (2017): Miscellanea Rossica

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Borkowska, Kaja. 2017. “Obscene Images in the Cycle Moscow Taverns and the Problems Connected With Translating Them into Polish”. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica, no. 10 (December): 113-23. https://doi.org/10.18778/1427-9681.10.11.
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