„Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich”. T. 7, cz. 1 ISSN 1899 ‑9417 (wersja drukowana) ISSN 2353 ‑9763 (wersja elektroniczna) Międzykulturowość w praktyce przekładowej a „międzykulturowość” w translatologii

Abstract

The article has tried to demonstrate that the implementation of the interculturality phenomenon in the translation process should be considered as one of the conditions of a distinguished translation. If the translator does not integrate the so‑called ‘cultural equivalents’ in his/her translation, it occurs on the text level only, undermining and weakening its understanding with the target readership. Such a translation moreover lacks the authentic diction and turns to be prosaic and non‑poetic. The formal theory of translation should therefore finally give up its mere semantic comprehension of translation equivalence. Having evaluated this problem in a complex way, one would find the way out of its schizoid position between widely shedding light on the phenomenon of interculturality in theory, yet facing it with embarrassment and discomfort when evaluating translation practice.