Translation Automatisms in the Vernacular Texts of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

0584137 - ÚJČ 2024 RIV BE eng M - Monography Chapter
Voleková, Kateřina
‘How to Handle Hay’ or the Influence of Biblical Commentaries on Old Czech Bible Translations.
Translation Automatisms in the Vernacular Texts of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023 - (Agrigoroaei, V.; Sasu, I.), s. 361-368. ISBN 978-2-503-60033-8
Research Infrastructure: LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ - 90101
Institutional support: RVO:68378092
Keywords : Old Czech * Latin * Bible * translation * biblical commentary * Nicolaus Lyra
OECD category: Linguistics
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/M.BIBVER-EB.5.135208

The study examines the different Old Czech translation choices of „thrown into the furnace“ and „folded into a haystack“ for the Latin phrase „in clibanum mittitur“ (Mt 6:30). The unusual interpretation of the Latin „clibanum“ as „haystack“ comes from the commentary of Nicholas of Lyra and persisted in the Czech Bible translation into the printed Bibles of the 16th century. A survey of manuscripts and prints reveals the tension between literal translation and translation according to meaning, and reveals the influence of recognized authorities such as Nicholas of Lyra on Czech biblical exegesis.
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