Translation and Emancipation

Abstract

In the present article I review Wte i wewte: Z tłumaczami o przekładach [Back and forth: Translators on translation] edited by Adam Pluszka. I refer to selected examples from the text to discuss the question of the translator’s identity and desire in a broadly defined psychoanalytical framework. I examine the possible realizations of the translator’s desire and emphasize the need for the translator’s “emancipation,” as argued by translators and translation critics alike.