Translation policy vis-à-vis national politics: change and continuity in the ©Poland translation program.
This article discusses to what extent the change of political power in Poland affected ©Poland Translation Program, the largest public funding framework for translations from Polish, which is operated by the Book Institute, a governmental agency subject to the Ministry of Culture. The research is ba...
| Published in: | Perspectives: Studies in Translatology Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 63 - 82 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=183112579&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 183112579 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0907676X S2F jtl: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology issn: 0907676X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2025 vid: 33 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 183112579 10.1080/0907676X.2024.2401231 ppf: 63 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 696KB tig: atl: Translation policy vis-à-vis national politics: change and continuity in the ©Poland translation program. aug: au: Ziemann, Zofia affil: Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland su: Public opinion Soft power (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Historiography Political change sug: subj: Public opinion Soft power (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Historiography Political change keyword: (c)Poland Book Institute politics quantitative approach Translation policy translations from Polish ab: This article discusses to what extent the change of political power in Poland affected ©Poland Translation Program, the largest public funding framework for translations from Polish, which is operated by the Book Institute, a governmental agency subject to the Ministry of Culture. The research is based on a comparative quantitative analysis of 2,410 bibliographic records – published books that received funding in 2008–2015 and in 2016–2022, i.e., under different managements appointed by different Polish governments – and supplemented by selected qualitative close-ups. The statistics do not confirm the common public sentiment that in the latter period, under the right-wing government of the Law and Justice party, ©Poland took a political turn, promoting historical writing that glorifies Polish past. Authors opposing the government were not discriminated against, and funding was allocated for translations into the same target languages as before. However, there was a noticeable trend in promoting contemporary right-wing non-fiction with an anti-liberal agenda (politically engaged journalistic reportage and socio-philosophical essay) in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Hungary. The results are discussed in terms of soft power, linking translation flows with international political relations, and the limits of quantitative analysis are problematized. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Perspectives: Studies in Translatology holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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