Transferring Cultural Identity in the Translation of a Literary Text – Possible or Impossible?

Transfer kultúrnej identity v preklade umeleckého textu – vec možná či nemožná?

Andrej ZAHORÁK orcid id

https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.575-583

 

Abstract: The paper deals with the representation and transfer of cultural identity in a selected novel by Slovak author Pavol Rankov (Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy) [It Happened on the First of September (or Some Other Time)], 2019) in the translational communication into the German language and cultural space (Es geschah am ersten September (oder ein andermal), 2014). Cultural identity is understood as a set of signs, symbols, values, behaviours, and linguistic specifics through which an individual expresses their affiliation with a certain culture, nation, ethnicity, religion, etc. The theoretical part of the paper presents various approaches to understanding identity, including its specific features. In a comparative analysis (Slovak original – German translation) of selected examples representing cultural identity at the linguistic and non-linguistic levels, the author analyses the translation procedures and strategies used as well as the reception specifics associated with the source and target linguocultural spaces.

Keywords: cultural identity, literary text, Pavol Rankov, translation

Kľúčové slová: kultúrna identita, umelecký text, Pavol Rankov, preklad

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Language of the paper: Slovak

Online publication date: 23 December 2025

Pages: 575 – 583

 

ISBN: 978-80-225-5280-6 (online), 978-80-225-5279-0

ISSN: 2729-8973 (online), 2729-8981

Publisher: Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm

 

How to cite this conference proceedings paper (APA 7th Edition):

Záhorák, A. (2025). Transfer kultúrnej identity v preklade umeleckého textu – vec možná či nemožná? In R. Štefančík (Ed.), Jazyk a politika. Na pomedzí lingvistiky a politológie X (pp. 575–583). Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm. https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.575-583

 

 

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