Ewa Sławek 

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-4789

Uniwersytet Śląski Poland

Using Krzysztof Bartnicki’s work Garutko sobotniej ropy, or Jan Kochanowski’s “Pieśń świętojańska
o Sobótce” (1586) Polonized into Six Pairs of Near-Texts as a foundation, this paper proposes
to extend the scope of idiolectological research to include the linguistic practices of
authors whose literary output is inherently shaped by their experiences as translators. The
study argues for the introduction of the term translational idiolect to describe the unique
language of such writers. The juxtaposition of Bartnicki’s text with Kochanowski’s original
16th-century work demonstrates that Bartnicki’s translational idiolect is marked by its ability
to merge elements from multiple languages and cultures, including their dialects and sociolects.
Furthermore, this idiolect exhibits a remarkable capacity for creative deformation and
innovative transformations. The hallmark features of Bartnicki’s translational idiolect include
linguistic hybrids and neologisms.