IN LITHUANIAN
LANGUAGES
SANDAROS
STUDIES
LIETUVIY
KALBOTYROS
QUESTION-
S, XXVI
(1987)
KAZIMIERAS
AMBRASAS-SASNAVA
A
REVIEW—ALPHA OF CRITICISM
By
co ec ing
he
J.
language
ne
de ec s,
he
Baléikonis
gene a ion
has
my
ouched on a ious e b diso de s.
Now, le 's say,
e iewing
L.
Valkiino
i&
g aiky
k.
e s a
knyga?,
ge okai
pakedena
nema7Za
leksiniy
nesklandumy,
linksniy ki y
i
klaidy?.
Ne
one ime
o
i
you sel
The au ho
o his
a icle had
o blush
hinking
i
abou
kédés
si
Za ijy po o,
when he
p o esso ,
al eady lying in
bed wi h a
se ious illness,
ook my
ansla ed
book, calmly,
slowly and
slowly e ased
wo ds, sayings,
sen ences ha
did no sui he
as e, he
i
spi i o he
language, he
equi emen s
o he na i e
language.
jo
i
No cu -
‘so
I didn' da e
o say a wo d
o a
demanding
e iewe ,
—
shaking my
head, bu I
ag eed wi h
e e y hing.
This
cons an
a en ion o
he
ne
p o esso o
he o iginal,
bu no o
i
he ansla ion
ZodZiui
encou ag-
ed some
a éiau
Z ilg e é i
i
miisy
e s iniy
book
ecen-
Zijas,
which
Today
some imes
(o
some
ansla io-
n, e en
i
excellen
wo k
emains
no e en
i
such an
e alua ion-
!)
Bina
ienin elé
p oga
susipažin i
su
This is
c i ical.
Say in he
p ess.
Ne
so long
ago
R.
Gamza o a-
's ace:
,,T ansla ion is
—
no c ea ed
only by hands,
soul, hea , i
be
equi es hea ,
be
indi iduali y’’.
This is o
ka
say abou
he wo ks
o
c i icism,
i s o all
o
abou he
—
e iew.
This equi es
double
a en ion,
o
dis inc
indi iduali y.
i
A e all,
in a sense
In his case,
he wo k o
one, bu
ne
se e al
pe sons
pa icipa ing
in he
—
communica i-
on p ocess is
e alua ed: he
—
au ho , he
ansla o ,
he edi o and
i
o he s.
So in eali y:
i8
wha is ha
missy
ansla ion
book e iew?
Ve s iné
li e a u e
can be
analyzed and
e alua ed in
a ious
ways.
i
A schola ly
a
c i ic can
ja
examine
li e a u e
om a
a
pu ely
linguis ic,
semio ic
s uc u al
a
posi ion.
[home c i ical
analysis o
galle ies belonging
o a philosophical
aspec : iSlaiky a,
a kime,
iloso inė
koncepcija®.
a
Li e a y:
accu a ely
ep oduced
images o he
o iginal,
pe sonaZy
a
cha ac e is ics,
he whole mood o
he au ho , he
au ho 's indi idual
s yle, wo ld iew®.
Each e iewe
can ind such a
way o e alua ing,
ku1 Longas. Da nis
and Chloé /I8 G eek
ansla ion by L.
Valkiinas. —V., 1958.
jo
—191 p. 2 Baléikonis
J. Selec ed wo ks.
V., 1978, ol. 1, pp.
331-332. 3
Especially
ca e ully and
me iculously J.
Baléikonis
unde lined wi h a
pencil and he
himsel in owels
in many wo ds
»sapy i lapy«
indica ed Dz. In
Da el’s book, “The
O e loaded Ship”
(Ve é K.
Amb asas. —V.,
1967). I 's a pi y
ha I didn' w i e
hose
co ec ions a
he ime and I los
he book he ga e
me wi h hose
co ec ions
somewhe e. Now
hey a e an
in aluable
easu e and an
ob ious memo y
o a disce ning
e iewe . 4
Tams3a os P.
Bs coxue 3ne3a1.
—Jim epa ypnaa
a3se a, 1983, 24
ap . 5 P us as M.
A he End o
Los Time. S ano's
hal . —V., 1979. ®*
Dan é A. The
Di ine Comedy. A
hai d esse . —V.,
1970.
83
Those, I
jo
unde s an-
d, a e he
a
mos
ele an
o one ansla ion a e ano he .
U# a
i in maga
I would like
i
o see
w i e s
who a e
jus
p epa ed
o such a
job.
In he e iew
,,F om he las
day“? eade is
su ounded by
gi
Ame ican
no elémis®,
He e we wan
su
o emphasize as
much as
possible, mo e
objec i ely he
p inciples o
selec ion, which
he compile o
he collec ion
L.
In a b oade
con ex , o
look a he
no els o
iS e s yji in
e ms o
i
hei
idea- hema ic
alloca ion, o
iden i y hei
essen ial
ea u es.
ju
Ux a abou
he quali y
o he
ansla ion
a
a is ic
Ju
alue allNo
men ioned.
J,
Kuneiin
w i es
abou
T.
Ce aus-
kas
ansla -
ed book®.
I§
186
e ses
only i e
a e o
ansla -
ion:
»I emains
o be said
ha he
ansla o
su
deal
beau i ully
wi h he
di icul
ansla ion
T.
Ce auskas,
who had o deal
wi h bo h s yle
di e si y and
di e en ia ed
su
ocabula y,
ick wi h
abundan
su
e minology.”
su
I8 ies
maybe one
ne
eade will
be
in e es ed
o know
some o
he no el
ne
au ho 's
biog aphy
ac s,
b ie
The
con en o
his wo k,
cha ac e
cha ac e i-
s ics, he
idea o he
wo k.
Rasi
These
e ses will
sa is y
i
hose
eade s who
Those be o e
a ew dozen
cen u ies
In
i
"Li e a ii oje
mene" he w o e:
No one.
»Pe galéje«
p in ed
e iews o
new ea hly
books did no
go in o de ail,
no did hey
sp ead he
imp essions
y
ha we,
o dina y
eade s,
ecei ed
immedia ely
a e eading
he book.
i
We knew almos
no hing abou
he au ho s,
abou he place
o he w i e in
So ie
li e a u e,
abou he
a is ic alue o
he book.
I is clea
ha
nei he he
edi o s no
he
e iewe s
aim o gi e a
deepe ,
mo e
se ious
examina ion
o he new
ansla ed
book.
Jimo.
I8
y
Sal y, in an
indi e en
one, w o e
a e iew
ha didn'
i
e en
unde s and
he con en
o he book,
i seems
ha i was
abou
ansla ed
books
"The hi d
ime in he
3 d
di ision".
le
Which
di ec ion
wen
Re iews o
his way in
h ee
decades?
du
E alua ing
la iy
s o ies",
e iewe
axo:
»how he is
su
sa is ied
wi h he
iIns an ane-
—
a
ous
disposi ion
i
You' e been
a
excused,
you' e el
com o abl-
e, you' e
been wise.
po
La ia
su
wi h he
hough s,
Zmonémis
i
bisenomis,
a
you we e
hinde ed
by
p o essio-
nal poZi iu
?“12
In almos
h ee
On he
pages o he jou nal
These
ques ions
i
a e being asked.
I a he
bo om
o he
page was
no
iSna¥os,
i
he
publishi-
ng house
iSpausdi-
nimas,
bii y one
can hink ha
Gia
o iginal
book
because
he
au ho
e en pa io
ZodZio
,. e imas“
did no men ion
Cia
sug e inami
la i8ki
i
lie u iSkieji
ki iniai,
emos
i
p oblemos,
pab éziamos
idomesnés
min ys,
paminimi
a ankos
p i alumai
i
silpnybés,
keliais
In wo ds
desc ibes
Li huanian
i
li e a u e
and he
impo an-
ce o he
pas wo k.
Today,
Li huanian
pe iodicals
almos
di e en ia e
i
he ba s o
hei ac i i y:
»New books »
P omo es
i
ad e ising
miisy
publishing
house
p oduc ion,-
i
,,Li e a i a menas“
su
,,Pe gale“ looks o
hema ic-ideological-c -
i
ja
i ical posi ions, o
ansla ed books
pe haps only
occasionally
I 's such
a
language
,,ka ¥ykla“
es i
"Misy in
he Speech".
7
Pig.
Kuosai e-Ja¥inskiene
EB, F om
i8 aky ill
oday.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
7,
p.
176-178,
®
Ame ican
no elis .
—
V.,
1980,
520
p.
*
Kunéginas
J.
Be ween
eali y
i
and ic ion.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
3,
p.
178—179
(Rec. :
Ande Sas
A.
Win e spel .
—
V.,
1980,
419
p.)
*
K asauskas
V.,
Ju idici y
J.
Se ious
e iew o
a
ansla ion book.
—
Li e a ū-
i
a i
menas,
1950,
dec.
10.
1
G een
illusions
bu és.
—
V.37,1983,
‘517,
2
Apu is
J.
Amalas
On he
La ian side.
—
Pe galé,
1983,
no.
8,
p.
182—184,
84
Howe e ,
cons an
c i ical,
objec i e,
dese ed,
objec i e
e alua ion,
a en i e
Fo he
ansla io-
né
ns o he
book, one
newspape
Zu nalas
neski ia.
Bu now,
a e eading
some book o
o iginal
li e a y
c i icism, you
eel like you
a e
compa ing a
e iew o a
ansla ed
ja
su
book.
Analyzing he
li e a y
p ocesses,
he o iginal
wo ks’
na a i e
u ns, he e
appea
in e es ing
assump ions,
meaning ul
compa isons,
easonable
and bold
in oduc ion-
s, ob ious
indica o s o
i
li e a y
g ow h,
a is ic
in e p e a i-
ons o
essen ial
ai s,
gene aliza io-
ns o hough
abs ac ion,
ligh ness, he
analy ical
i
compac ness
o
syn he ici y.
i
ko
A e all,
jus
Gia
ig ySkéja
e iewe 's
ho izon,
opinion,
in elligence
i
.
.1°
A o ally
di e e-
n
i
posi is
e s ing book:
A pinch o
biog aphical
ac s, a
sec ion o he
plo , a piece o
cha ac e
composi ion
analysis, and i
i
we add he
place o he
o
cha ac e in
he
de elopmen
o li e a u e,
he
idea-a is ic
con en o
li e a y
ela ionships
a
in he no el,
his is he
whole
ampli ude o
—
he e iew.
i
All his, o
cou se, is
necessa y,
maybe
some imes
e en
in e es ing,
bu yea s,
deCen u y
deCen u y
ix
should no be
epea ed.
i§
io
o
In ac , i
appea s
o be
i
wo h i s
pu pose
and
pu pose in
he
e iew.
Vienna
is
okiy
—
J.
Lebedzio
Iodine
abou
Donelaicio
,,Me u“
ansla -
i
ion in o
Ge man".
IS
ip as iniy
adi ional,
s anda d
e iew is
dis inguished
ji
by speci ici y
and de ail.
i
He e b ie ly,
bu
accu a ely
old he
his o y o
he Ki in
ansla ion,
men ioned
objec i ely
e alua ed
i
p e ious
,,Me u“
ansla ions,
i8dés omas
heo e ical
ansla o ’s
posi ion on
he p inciples
j
o
i
j
ansla ion.
,,A is ic
di e si y,
i
nex o
accu acy, is
Budenzig’s
mos
—
impo an
pu sui ,” he
echnocen -
—
is admi ed.
He clea ly poin s
ou he p oblem
o adequacy: no
one line is omi ed,
he na ional
speci ici y o he
o iginal is
né
p ese ed, he
au ho ’s
indi iduali y, a lo
o pic o ial e bs,
he idea- hema ic
con en is qui e
pe ec ly
exp essed, he
cha ac e is ics
o he pony, he
mos p ominen
ea u es o
Donelai is’
language.
Essen ial
i
laws a e
no missing:
he ly icism
o he
o iginal is
no
main ained,
ne
he e a e
some
p osodical
impe ec i-
ons,
i
hype bolic
compa a i-
e
inaccu acie-
s, especially
lexical,
seman ic,
i
co ec i e
and o he e o s.
This, o
cou se, is
no he ideal
o a e iew,
bu i is
al eady a
se ious
e alua ion
o he
ansla ed
book,
compa able
in alue o
ano he
simila
e iew
su
abou
»Faus o“
e ima’®.
Ji
begins wi h
ne
lie u i8kojo,
bu
la iSkojo
Faus o's
jou ney
begins.
I is
immedia ely
appa en
ha he
e iewe
ne
Anyways
quick
sa is y he
smalsy
eade , see
o
ki inj mo e:
i
8i
show, kodél
Gé és’s wo ks a e
mo e widely ead
han hose in
La ian, Russian,
Uk ainian, Finnish,
A menian, Geo gian,
Se bian and o he
languages.
i
He e a e ca e ully
examined he
i s ansla ion
changes, c i ics'
opinions, he
in luence o he
Ge man poe on
Li huanian
au ho s, e en he
p e aces, dél
which he
ansla o
i
A.
Chu gin's
g ea
p o essional
wo k o
iu
se e al
decades was
no da ed o
be e alua ed
objec i ely.
|
e ima
V.
Kubilius
I looks
p oblema i'kai.
The e iewe
is no
sa is ied wi h
he one-sided
%*
Zala o ius
A.
Menan
Bo u os
hink.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
4,
p.
167-171;
Gi dzija-
uskas
J.
B andi's
heo e i-
cal
—
hough -
1981,
s, Pe galé, No.
6,
p.
167—171.
*
Lebedys
J.
New
K.
Donelai io
,,Me y“
ansla -
j
ion in o
Ge man.
—
Pe galé,
1966
no.
10,
p.
120—129;
Li huanian
S udies in Ba s.
—
V.,
1972,
p.
48—61.
*
Kubilius
V.
,,Faus “ is
a elling
j
Li huania.
—
Pe galé,
1980,
no.
3,
p.
133-154;
Mee ing
su
J.
V.
Ge .
—
Kn. :
The p ocess
o
i
Li huanian
li e a y
wo ld li e a u e.
V.,
1983,
p.
220-
256.
85
inimu,
o
j
ansla -
ionSea -
ch all
A.
The
ampli udes,
moods,
ly icism o
Chu gin’s
o iginal
poe ic
,,a3“ is he
scale a ea
o i.
Thus, i is
one o he
mos
ui ul, bu
a he same
ime he
i
mos
di icul
me hod o
ansla ion
analysis,
which we
i
o en ind in
e iews and
e en
ne
monog aph-
s?®.
V.
Kubilius, looking
back on he
i
p e ious
A.
Chu gino
ansla ions,
accu a ely
i
and ca e ully
e alua es he
p o essional-
ly pe o med
wo ks:
al hough hey
a e done by a
alen ed
pe sonali y
o g ea
expe ience,
phenomenal
i
memo y, bu
he
ansla o
has always
ne
succeeded in
keeping he
indi idual
pe sonage's
hinking,
con eying he
psychology,
in ellec ual
ension in he
ac , in some
places oo
much
oughness o
Mephis ophel-
es,
Ma ga i a's
so ness,
o
"shaking" he
h oa
Zodis.
In he opinion
o he
iS
e iewe ,
canonisky
k an y
iSeina e en
he main
lei mo i s o
philosophical
poe y, in
—
Li huanian,,-
Faus “
Na u ali y,
d ama,
simplici y o
spoken
Ge man.
T ansla ion
Zenklus
classical
poe y
mode n
i
The s amp
o Eu opean
ly ical
hough .
Combining
wo g ea
poe ic
pe sonali i-
es
—
Adomo
Micke i iaus
i
V.
Mykolaigio-Pu-
ino ki yba,
—
sa i ai, lakiai
ka u iš inkiai
is pa aSiusi
i
ecenzija
I.
Kos ke iäii y"”.
The
sensi i e
i
souls o he
well-in o m-
ed
e iewe s
managed o
p esen on
one page
he
di e enc-
es o wo
poe ic
pe sonali i-
es in e ms
o
ansla ion.
This does
no
i
in e e e
i
wi h he
example,
adequacy o
i
he p oblem
o
conside a ion, speci ic analysis, as
Pu in has
succeeded in
balancing
Micke icius's
kii inis.
P obably no
many can so
sub le,
li e a y,
sensi i e
oge he
analyze some
ca e ully,
e alua e
g ea alen
i
ki yba.
Maybe
ne
e e ybody
will
succeed in
w i ing as
J.
Lebedys,
V.
Kubilius
a
I.
Kos ke i-
ci é.
Only i s
o all i is
necessa-
y o
ememb-
e ha
he La in
k.
Zodis e iew
e alua ion,
—
e iew,
e i ica ion.
Thus, in a
e iew, hey
a e mos ly
conce ned
wi h he
ne
ac s,
commen s,
bu no wi h
he e alua ion,
c i icism.
Sio
The c i ical
wo k o Zan o
is wo h a
conside able
a ie y. Do no
hold o e
enough me y
nusis o éjusiy
o e
ic o iously
i
Zingsniuojanciu
pe sa ai a’ iy
i
The jou nals
con ained
b igh
pages,
a a e iniy
posakiu,
unc i ical c i e ia.
How o
si
&eky
p o esso
i
miusy
li e a ii os
j
éeky
language
ansla o
E.
Pa olekas,
bii y wo h
looking a ,
e éjas is
a
iSsiaiSkines
,,wha
aes he ic
and e hical
i
e alua ion
o modeled
eali y we
ind in he
au ho ’s
wo k.
Ka
he lo es
i
ko
neken¢ia,
ka
aukS ina
kaip
g o%j
i
ka
aes he ically
disc edi s, o
o
which is
indi e en .
Some imes
he au ho
himsel
commen s and
i
speaks openly
abou his
iews, bu
mos o en he
does so
indi ec ly,
wi h
conjec u es.”
Come on.
This
simula ed
eali y is
called he
key o he
c a ,
o he s
—
mood,
o he s
—
spi i o
he c a .
IX
In essence,
as he
a o emen io-
ned schola
poin s ou , in
o de o eel
he au ho 's
adically
i
di e en
posi ion in
eali y, i is
j
no
necessa y o
s udy
sc upulously
nei he he
manusc ip s,
no he
memoi s, no
he le e s
o he han
a
he a chi e
ma e ial o
he au ho ,
he poe .
These signals can
be ound in he
ex i sel :
a ious epi he s,
combining
incompa ible
signs, epea ing
lei mo i s, many
o he de ails,
i
in e nal
emo ional, mo al,
aes he ic
e alua i e
signals.
i
**
E uasapsu
A.
los
u
nephew.
—
Epesan,
1979.
*
Cos s
I.
Pu in
i
Adam
Micke i ius.
—
Li e a a a
i
menas, aug.
1969
23.(Rec.:)
Mykolai is-Pu inas
V.
You ound i .
—
V.,
1968,
.
9.
*
Passwo ds
E.
E oca ion
o he
Wo ld
A is ic
Model in T ansla ion
(Abou
wha is
uly
i8
e -
Ciama).
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
24,
p.
148—157.
86
shows how
he au ho
assessed
he
en i onmen-
,
ma
cha ac e s, eali y.
J.
In Lebedze's
e iew we
ind exac ly
his
i
assessmen-
:
,,Budenzigas
ec ea es o
he smalles
nuance he
olk poe y’s
ea men
o he wo ld,
people,
en i onmen
and na u e.
Wha is
denounced
and
despised in
i
he o iginal,
is
espec i e-
ly
denounced
i
in he
ansla ion,
ying o
keep he
q
same
mode a io-
n, deg ee,
shade ‘!’, I
a
ansla o
needs o
ansla e
in o
Ge man,
English,
i
Spanish
o he
language
a
V.
Jasukai y ė’s
sho
s o y,,Baladé apie
s o inéiaja an
il o“20, is wo h
eading a lo o
eel i s ecu ing
lei mo i s:
i
"I'm
happy.
I'm happy,
I'm happy, I
can
epea : I'm
i
happy."
So
These
epe i ions
es i y ha
he w i e ,
in he
e e yday
li e, pain s
ig
eali y
oman ically,
wi h some
abs ac
p o ics.
He
unde s anding
o he wo ld is
—
no e e yday,
as i de ached
om bo edom,
e e ydayness.
This would
be a
i
speci ic
ask o
he
ansla o-
, a key o
o
he c i ic’s
—
e iew.
So ha i
is no
necessa-
y o de ine wha
Today I
ha e o be
a e iew
o a
ansla -
ed book,
again I
need o
emembe
V.
K asausko
i
V.
Ju e idiii és
Zodzius:
,,A se ious
e iew
abou a
ansla ed
book is
needed,
which
e eals
i
he
concep ual
con en o
i
he book,
he
i
jo
meaning o
he wo k, he cha ac e is ics o he hough .
Requi ed
The
Tecenzias,
w i en in
he
uZdeganéi
s yle, pu e
language,
need a
meSka e iew."
He e you
can
ag ee
A.
Me ky ei, who, in
o de o show
how no o
e iew a book,
was o ced o
w i e an en i e
a icle abou one
e iew™
an i ecenzija®*.
—
He e is
one hing
o be
no ed:
,,Re iew should be
—
no only a
demons a ion
ne
o e udi ion, wi h
ingenious
quo a ions
eminiscen o
he science o
i
aduc ology,
bu a se ious
examina ion o
he o iginal and
ansla ed
i
ex s, a conc e e
analysis, and an
j
e o o aise
he le el o
gene al
unde s anding“.
ju
i
Thus, in o de
o some
aluable wo ks
o be p ope ly
e alua ed, i
would be use ul
o he
edi o ial
o ices no only
o selec , bu
also o ain,
educa e
e iewe s, o
publish e iew
ne
compe i ions,
o o ganize
discussions on a
i
wide scale in
he p ess, o
use special
ques ionnai es
in sociology, o
in es iga e:
which e iews
a e mos
needed, which
a e he mos
ead
i
These a e he
mos
ele an o
oday's needs.
e en s o he
i
han hose
desc ibed in
you inqui y.
B
KHU .
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u3y4eHus
cTa eii
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B.
KyOumoca,
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u
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BE eu al-
o es
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Lebedys
J.
New
K.
Donelai io
,,Me u“
ansla -
j
ion in o
Ge man.
—
Kn. :
Li huani-
an
s udies in ba s,
p.
50—51.
*
Jasukai y hidae
V.
Baladé
abou
s anding on
a b idge.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
6,
p.
12—57.
*
Pe auskas
V.
P us 's
side.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
4,
p.
126-142.
*
Me ky es
A.
Pa h
j
I' e pu
he p une.
—
Pe galé,
1981,
no.
10,
p.
150—160,
87