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- Title
KOMPLEXÜBERSETZEN AM KAISERHOF IN KONSTANTINOPEL: DIE GRIECHISCH-LATEINISCHEN KAISERVERTRÄGE MIT VENEDIG AUS SPÄTBYZANTINISCHER ZEIT.
- Authors
GASTGEBER, CHRISTIAN
- Abstract
The bilingual - Latin-Greek - documents from the Byzantine imperial chancery provide insight into the work on translating texts with many technical terms in Constantinople. A unique source on translation studies are the treaties between the Byzantine emperor and Venice under the Palaiologan dynasty most of which are preserved in original form in the State Archive of Venice. This study outlines the problems these documents pose in their development and critically discusses the commonly held view on original Greek texts and respective Latin translations. Reflecting the process of negotiating a treaty, the translation runs from Latin to Greek at least in some cases. However, the ultimate result, a bilingual contract, depends on several parameters, so the vocabulary, grammar and any prior contracts and repeated phrases or sentences in each document need to be analysed; furthermore, one must determine whether a phrase originally came from Latin or Greek. The bilingual treaty resulting from a very complex process is termed here "complex translation". This article approaches the problem through two case studies. It will be pivotal for further studies to compare the wording of the treaty items with the preceding ones. To facilitate a diachronic overview, the study ends with two lists of the addressed issues.
- Publication
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2023, Vol 60, Issue 1, p175
- ISSN
0584-9888
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/ZRVI2360175G