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• Martinus Nijhoff, de literaire vertaler

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  Orsolya Varga

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  Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague 1894–1953), the Dutch poet, playwright, literary translator and essayist is today considered the greatest modern Dutch poet and is probably the best known. Apart from his original work, he is the best-known literary translator of his time, and his approach to language is most vividly expressed in his translations. Translation is not just a sideline activity: he sees it as a rebirth of the poem. In this paper, I will attempt to outline his approach to translation, based on both his translation critiques and his own translations.

• De Nederlandse vertaling van Ferenc Pápai Páriz’ Rudus redivivum (1701)

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  László Zsigmond Bujtás

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  Ferenc Pápai Páriz, Professor at the Reformed College of Nagyenyed in Transylvania published his work ‘Rudus redivium’ on church history in Hungary and Transylvania in 1684 in Nagyszeben. The Dutch physician and literary man, Abraham van Poot brought out another book entitled ‘Korte historie van de reformatie der kerken van Hongaryen en Sevenbergenʼ (Short history of the Reformation in Hungary and Transylvania) in 1701 in Amsterdam. Text analysis indicates that the Dutch book is a complete translation of the work of Pápai Páriz. A letter published at the end of the appendix of the Dutch work proves that the author and the translater knew each other. A unique copy of the Dutch book is preserved in the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest.