Діоген Лаерцій, «Життя і думки славнозвісних філософів»: стратегія і засади українського перекладу

Lesia Zvonska; Vitalii Turenko

doi:10.31649/sent43.01.117

Authors

Lesia Zvonska Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-3554
Vitalii Turenko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0572-9119

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31649/sent43.01.117

Keywords:

history of ancient Greek philosoph, ancient Greek language, translation principles

Abstract

Diogenes Laertius's “Lives of the Eminent Philosophers” is a fictionalised account of the history of philosophy, full of philosophical concepts and scientific terminology. The Ukrainian translation strategy this work proposed by the authors aims to ensure adequacy in meaning while maximizing the uniformity of terms. The main principles of this translation are: 1) to avoid Greekisms, Latinisms and calques from the Russian language; 2) to translate Greek etymologically related concepts with single-root words; 3) to translate single-root antonymic concepts in the same way; 4) where lexical semantics is terminologically or substantively significant, to use synonyms; 6) composites or words with a complicated internal form can be translated periphrastically; 7) to use some neologisms to clarify meanings.

Author Biographies

Lesia Zvonska, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy

Vitalii Turenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy

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