INSTYTUT LITERATUROZNAWSTWA I JĘZYKOZNAWSTWA

Studia Filologiczne UJK

Philological Studies

ISSN 2300-5459 e-ISSN 2450-0380

 

 

Author Karolina Dębska
Title Foremothers. First women translators in Poland
Keywords women translators, history of translation, Anna of Austria, Zofia Bohowitynowa, Zofia Anna Bernitz-Bernardi, Anna Teresa Piotrkowczykowa, Konstancja Kerschenstein
Pages 163-172
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Summary

This paper offers a look at some of the earliest women who translated in Poland in the late 16th and 17th centuries– Anna of Austria, Zofia Bohowitynowa, Zofia Anna Bernitz-Bernardi, Anna Teresa Piotrkowczykowa, Konstancja Kerschenstein. Who were they? What did they translate? And why? A shortage of precise data makes them appear semi-legendary, but they are nevertheless interesting to consider as the mythical founding mothers of Polish woman-made translation.