ЛЕОНАРДО БРУНИ И ГЕОРГИЙ ТРАПЕЗУНДСКИЙ О СТРАТЕГИЯХ ПЕРЕВОДА ДРЕВНЕГРЕЧЕСКИХ АВТОРОВ

Abstract

The paper addresses one of the episodes in the history of the early Renaissance polemic about the theory and practice of translation, namely, the views on the goals and methods of translation as presented in Leonardo Bruni’s treatise De interpretatione recta and in the writings of one of the most talented and prolific translators of the time, George of Trebizond. Although the basic principles of translation which guided both authors dated back to the Antiquity, their views on the medieval practice of literal translation are rather different: while Bruni believed that medieval translators “distorted and mutilated” the works of ancient authors, George considered their methods to be the most suitable for the translation of “scholarly” writings (such as treatises of Aristotle and other philosophers).