Partnership Between Author and Translator: Effective Strategies in Literary Translation

The article offers an analysis of the impact of collaboration between author and translator on the process of literary translation. The study covers a variety of collaboration methodologies, including informal discussions and joint translations, highlighting their importance for achieving more accurate and harmonious results. The problem raised in the article is the need to understand how the collaboration between the author and the translator affects the quality of literary translation. In particular, the article examines the issues of mutual understanding between these two parties and the role that active cooperation plays in achieving more accurate and harmonious translation results. The issue also concerns what factors facilitate or hinder successful collaboration and what strategies can be used to optimize the process. Particular attention is paid to the role of the author in providing context, clarifying meanings and conveying the style of the original, which actively contributes to the accuracy of the translation. The article emphasizes that successful cooperation is possible subject to mutual understanding between the author and the translator. The result of the study is confirmation that the collaboration between the author and the translator represents a unique approach that contributes to a deeper and more accurate reproduction of works of art in other languages, the author concludes that an experienced and adaptive translator, capable of internalizing with the author’s method, has a high potential to preserve all the nuances and specificity a work of art.