Magiczny Wunschpunsch – zaklęcia w przekładzie na język polski

Abstract

This article discusses the problems of translating into Polish the spells spoken by the main characters in Michael Ende’s novel Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch while sipping New Year’s Eve punch. The short introduction presents selected views on the eternal problem of translators related to the difficulty of keeping both the content and form faithful to the original. The considerations took particular account of the features of children’s literature. Attention was also paid to the translator’s dilemmas resulting from three functions of children’s literature: teaching, entertainment, and aesthetics. The practical part, conversely, contains an analysis of spell translations, the aim of which is to determine the techniques used by the translator to find a compromise between form and content.