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The present article addresses how the Middle East was portrayed in two Slovenian translations of Karl May's Orientzyklus. This series of novels was translated during the interwar period, when the Slovenian ethnic territory was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the re-translations were published during Slovenia's socialist era. By means of a textual comparison, the extent of the ideological interventions that occurred in the portrayal of the Middle East in the translations is established. Furthermore, the article discusses how the different contemporary socio-political circumstances in Slovenia may have influenced how the region in question was represented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article sheds light on some topical reflections on the translation process as presented by Gian Rinaldo Carli in the treatise Intorno la difficoltà di ben tradurre (1743). In his exposition, the Capodistrian scholar focuses mainly on the genius or spirit of languages (il genio delle lingue) and instead of universal rules, which in his opinion do not contribute to the success of translation, suggests choosing an approach allowing more or less freedom or fidelity to the source text, depending on the purpose of translation. The analysis of the mentioned aspects and the contextualization of Carli's thoughts, which derive from his own experience in translating Hesiod's Theogony, show that he can also be considered an expert of the translation guidelines and discussions of his time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses Boris Pahor's novel Vila ob jezeru in Italian and indirect French translation. After an introduction to Pahor's language and style and an overview of his works translated into Italian and French, we highlight the main differences between the two Slovenian editions of Vila ob jezeru (1955 and 1993) and the three Italian versions (2002, 2004 and 2012). The analysis focuses on the translation of proper nouns, footnotes and stylistically marked vocabulary, and reveals some significant deviations from the source text in both target languages, although not always in the same places, showing that the Italian manuscript submitted to the French translator must have been significantly modified later by the Italian publisher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

William Shakespeare reflected the Elizabethan fascination with the intricate symbolism of heraldry in his poetry and drama. This paper examines Slovene translations of selected passages from 1 Henry IV and 2 Henry VI that involve heraldic language and pose conundrums even in the original. Because of a scarcity of available vocabulary in the target language, translator Matej Bor struggled to replicate heraldic allusions and puns; nevertheless, he successfully compensated for the lexical gap with other structures. The paper also proposes a new reading of a crucial heraldic allusion from 2 Henry VI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]