Scholia – The Problem of Translation

Authors

  • Jadwiga Czerwińska Uniwersytet Łódzki, Instytut Romanistyki, Zakład Italianistyki, 90-236 Łódź, ul. Pomorska 171/173

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.19.02

Keywords:

scolio, lettertura greca, tragedia greca, Sofocle, Euripide

Abstract

Scholia represent the literary genre that belongs to the scientific literature. Being commentaries to other literary texts, scholia constitute an important source of knowledge about ancient culture. They can provide information concerning language, history, society, literature, and theatre, however, their form and specific language demand a comprehensive and contextual translation. Most of scholia collections still are a scientific terra incognita, considering the fact how difficult their language (consisting of system of codes, abbreviations and equivalent sentences) is. Therefore, this article aims at indicating some problematic issues of scholia translation in order to define kind of scientific apparatus being a handful tool for scholia translators.

Author Biography

  • Jadwiga Czerwińska, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Instytut Romanistyki, Zakład Italianistyki, 90-236 Łódź, ul. Pomorska 171/173

    Full Professor at the University of Lodz, the chief editor of Collectanea Philologica, a member of The Committee on Ancient Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), The Classical Association, The Center Latinitatis Europae, The Scientific Commitee of Łódź (ŁTN), The Scientific Committe at KUL (Catholic University of Lublin), The Polish Philological Committee (PTF), the scholar of Fondation Hardt pour L`Etude de L`Antiquité Classique, Vandoeuvres-Genève and The Lanckorońscy Foundation. Interested in Greek theatre and drama (mainly Euripides), Greek philosophy and the reception of Antiquity in Italian culture. The author of many articles, including Polish and Italian monographs about the works of Euripides. For her achievements she was awarded, inter alia, with the medal of The Commission of National Education and many others. She was also prized by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

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2016-12-30

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No. 19 (2016)

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Czerwińska, Jadwiga. 2016. “Scholia – The Problem of Translation”. Collectanea Philologica, no. 19 (December): 15-26. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.19.02.
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