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Abstract <p>This article presents a conceptual analysis of the problem of translating works from the <i>Corpus Areopagiticum</i>—theological treatises inscribed with the name of Dionysius the Areopagite (the 1st century), which, however, undoubtedly belong to early medieval Eastern Christian mystical–theological thought (presumably the turn of the 6th century). Texts from this <i>Corpus</i> first appeared on the Slavic Orthodox “soil” in 1370; their new translations were made at the end of the 17th century, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and, finally, in our time. The authors of this article formulate a number of criteria that make it possible to differentiate the texts under analysis into the following types of text transmission: “transposition,” “retelling,” and “translation” proper. The proposed criteria are based on factors such as the dominant translation strategy, attitude to the source language, and textual tradition. The main method of research consists in the diachronic analysis of linguistic material, which is implemented in specific methods of comparative, stylistic, and textual analysis within the framework of the theolinguistic paradigm. As a result, the proposed hypothesis was justified on the basis of factual material. In addition, conclusions are drawn about the influence of the process of general linguistic changes on the nature of translations (the change of the role and status of the Church Slavonic language, the conditions for the formation of a new literary language, the inevitable impact of general cultural and civilizational factors, etc.) and about the tradition of translating from foreign languages, which continues in our time.</p>

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Transposition–Retelling–Translation: The Destiny of the Areopagitica in Slavia Orthodoxa

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    2025年2月1日

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  • N. G. Nikolaeva,
  • A. V. Ermoshin,
  • A. S. Vol’skaya

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Abstract

This article presents a conceptual analysis of the problem of translating works from the Corpus Areopagiticum—theological treatises inscribed with the name of Dionysius the Areopagite (the 1st century), which, however, undoubtedly belong to early medieval Eastern Christian mystical–theological thought (presumably the turn of the 6th century). Texts from this Corpus first appeared on the Slavic Orthodox “soil” in 1370; their new translations were made at the end of the 17th century, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and, finally, in our time. The authors of this article formulate a number of criteria that make it possible to differentiate the texts under analysis into the following types of text transmission: “transposition,” “retelling,” and “translation” proper. The proposed criteria are based on factors such as the dominant translation strategy, attitude to the source language, and textual tradition. The main method of research consists in the diachronic analysis of linguistic material, which is implemented in specific methods of comparative, stylistic, and textual analysis within the framework of the theolinguistic paradigm. As a result, the proposed hypothesis was justified on the basis of factual material. In addition, conclusions are drawn about the influence of the process of general linguistic changes on the nature of translations (the change of the role and status of the Church Slavonic language, the conditions for the formation of a new literary language, the inevitable impact of general cultural and civilizational factors, etc.) and about the tradition of translating from foreign languages, which continues in our time.