Motyw listu w komediach Plauta

The article presents an analysis of letters found in Plautus' comedies. Dividing the correspondence into that which is read and that which is not read on the stage and into the authentic and falsifed, presents its structures, studies its coherence and defnes dependencies between the type of a letter and the role it plays in the comedy.

Motyw rozpoznania a sposób prezentacji postaci kobiecych w palliacie

The article shows how the recognition infuences on the way that female characters are presented in palliata. This motif is very common in Plautus’ and Terence’s comedies. It can be said that anagnorismos enables the introduction of women on the stage and is not at variance with antique customs and decorum.

Mistranslations of Film Titles: Between Fidelity and Advertising

In the paper, the authors present and analyse examples of mistranslated film titles into the Polish language, selected from a database of over 1,100 titles and presented on the sample of the film genre comedy with all its subgenres. The authors discuss various film title translation strategies and procedures with reference to the literature on the subject. In the conclusions, the authors attempt to explain the reasons for the selection of certain translation procedures, with special focus on the free formulation of titles as the least transparent.