Przekład omówiony, czyli o statusie i funkcji paratekstu (na przykładzie serii Biblioteka Duchowości Europejskiej)

The article discusses the status and function of paratext based on the series of translations titled Biblioteka Duchowości Europejskiej (Library of European Spirituality). The series itself has been initiated by the Polish Paleo-Slavic community and was published more than ten years ago. The article’s authoress refers to the definition and classification of paratext elaborated on by gérard genette, which has been applied to considerations over translation studies for a long time and served as the basis for distinguishing strategies selected by translators as well as identifying the reception space. in the discussion on paratext, the role of the author of a translation is also taken into account, especially the issue of his or her presence, namely: the translator’s visibility, intentionality, and subjectivity revealed by his or her choices. The reflection made on paratexts, which regards only one series, does not exploit the complicated matter of the problem — it rather inscribes itself into the broader discussion which seems neither to exhaust the subject nor to provide satisfaction, since it forces the researcher to face the field demanding other explorations and contemplations. yet even this general or superficial outline of the problem exposes or confirms the academic arrangements concerning usefulness and functionality of paratext in the process of translating literary works from one system to another. The article also postulates that translation should be incorporated in the space of destination culture, which may assure the translator (the secondary author) full reception of their text, thus allowing the translator’s work to come nearer to the primary reception namely, to assimilate to the process occurring in the realm of departure culture.

U članku se razmatra problem statusa i funkcije parateksta na primeru izdavačke serije prevoda Biblioteka evropske duhovnosti koja je pre deset godina ustanovljena u krugu poljskih paleoslavista. Polazna tačka za ovo razmatranje je definicija i klasifikacija parateksta koju je uveo Žerar Ženet i koja je odavno prisutna ne samo u književnoistorijskoj refleksiji, već takođe i u razmišljanju o prevodilačkoj delatnosti, strategiji prevodioca i recepcijskom prostoru. U opisu ključnog pitanja, odnosno statusa i funkcji parateksta postavlja se takođe problem uloge prevodioca, njegovog prisustva — vidljivosti, njegovih subjektivnih izbora, namernih strategija itd. ovaj čanak je samo jedna skica opisa paratekstualne problematike u odnosu na prevodilačku delatnost, a u tom osnovnom smislu on se uključuje u širu diskusiju koja se već više godina vodi u naučnoj sredini. i pored toga što je ovo samo uvodni pokušaj prikazivanja statusa i funkcije parateksta u prevodu književnog dela, on na određen pokazuje i potvrđuje visoku korisnost parateksta u prevodilačkom radu i ujedno u recepcijskom procesu, to jest u prijemu i shvatanju dela iz prostora primarne kulture u prostoru sekundarne kulture. dakle na primeru jedne, već u nauci poznate izdavačke serije — Biblioteka evropske duhovnosti pokazan je ne samo paratekst i njegova podela, već i pre svega prisustvo i šira funkcionalnost u odnosu na prevod književnog dela.