Mistyfikacja i przekład. Joe Alex po rosyjsku

Abstract

The article is devoted to Russian translations of crime novels by Maciej Słomczyński written under pen name Joe Alex. Since their publication the works were very popular both in Poland and the Soviet Union where they were translated without obtaining author’s consent. Mystification in M. Słomczyński’s books concerns not only realities (the plot is set in ageless England) but is also present in the language layer in which numerous foreignness-related signals can be found. Englishstylised language of the novels at times interferes in the narrative cohesion of the text. The study focuses on the possibility of reflecting these issues in translation.