Original scientific paper
IS IT NECESSARY TO TRANSLATE THE PREPOSITION 'DE' IN A TITLE?
Pavao Knezović
; Hrvatski studiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
Titles of works written in Latin often begin with the preposition de, but there is rarely a point of reference or apposition that indicates the genre of the work. This type of title is idiomatic in Latin, but it should not be translated into Croatian literally, because it functions as incomplete information. Croatian translation tradition in this particular case is inconsistent: some translators do not translate the preposition de, while others do. The existence of literally translated titles (with
the preposition de translated) shows that literal translations prevail. However, just the translations in which the preposition de is not translated are in line with the genius of the Croatian language. By not translating the preposition de in a title and by substituting the Latin ablative for a nominative, the naturalness on the Croatian
translation is achieved.
Keywords
title; preposition 'de'; translation; apposition
Hrčak ID:
49033
URI
Publication date:
5.3.2010.
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