De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? On the Problem of Czech Translation De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? On the Problem of Czech Translation De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? On the Problem of Czech Translation De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? On the Problem of Czech Translation De/tabuization of Expression in Rivers of Babylon? On the Problem of Czech Translation
Abstract
The paper focuses on translations from Slovak into Czech after 1989 on the example of a key post-revolutionary text by Peter Pišťanek. In connection with the recent anniversary of the thirty years since the revolution, the key texts of the post-revolutionary period were also intensively discussed.
Pišťanek's novel Rivers of Babylon from 1991 repeatedly appeared in the most diverse reviews and balances in important places. The Czech reflection of Pišťanek's key book of the post-revolutionary period has a different value message than the one we encounter in the Slovak context.
The quality of the translation and its delayed introduction in the Czech language, which was absolutely essential for the Czech-Slovak literary context, also played an important role in the contextualization of the text in the Czech environment. On a deeper analysis of Pišťanek's novel texts, it is possible to demonstrate in which other inter literary and intercultural connections the quality of translation is inscribed.