The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories
This paper seeks to analyse two translations of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books Ostatnie życzenie (The Last Wish) and Miecz przeznaczenia (Sword of Destiny) with the focus on pronouns used by the author and translators (Danusia Stok and David French) in relation to the supernatural creatures presented in...
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This paper seeks to analyse two translations of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books Ostatnie życzenie (The Last Wish) and Miecz przeznaczenia (Sword of Destiny) with the focus on pronouns used by the author and translators (Danusia Stok and David French) in relation to the supernatural creatures presented in the short stories. The text deals with the impact these pronouns can have on the perception of such creatures.
The changes introduced in the translation of both texts and their possible consequences are discussed. The manipulation of certain terms may result in the humanization or dehumanization of supernatural creatures, which may – in turn – result in different effects the story has on the reader.
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| spelling | doaj-art-05b7643d84214cb1ba0a471626c5d77d2024-12-12T05:25:40ZdeuUniversity of Humanities and Economics in ŁódźJęzykoznawstwo1897-03892391-51372024-12-012/2110.25312/j.8482The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short storiesMichalina Piotrowska0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8199-5072Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi This paper seeks to analyse two translations of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books Ostatnie życzenie (The Last Wish) and Miecz przeznaczenia (Sword of Destiny) with the focus on pronouns used by the author and translators (Danusia Stok and David French) in relation to the supernatural creatures presented in the short stories. The text deals with the impact these pronouns can have on the perception of such creatures. The changes introduced in the translation of both texts and their possible consequences are discussed. The manipulation of certain terms may result in the humanization or dehumanization of supernatural creatures, which may – in turn – result in different effects the story has on the reader. https://ojs.academicon.pl/jezykoznawstwo/article/view/8482Sapkowskitranslationsupernaturalpronouns |
| spellingShingle | Michalina Piotrowska The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories Językoznawstwo Sapkowski translation supernatural pronouns |
| title | The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories |
| title_full | The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories |
| title_fullStr | The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories |
| title_short | The impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in Sapkowski’s short stories |
| title_sort | impact of pronouns on the reception of supernatural creatures in sapkowski s short stories |
| topic | Sapkowski translation supernatural pronouns |
| url | https://ojs.academicon.pl/jezykoznawstwo/article/view/8482 |
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