Literarnoprevodne izmenjave z jezikoma antične književnosti – staro grščino in latinščino

The study focuses on Slovene translations from Graeco-Roman antiquity, from the fragmentary beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries, through the flowering of Bible translations during the Reformation in the 16th century and the rudimentary examples in the homiletical works of the 17th and 18th centuries, to the increas­ingly systematic attempts in the 19th century, as represented in particular by Anton Janežič and his collection Cvetje iz domačih in tujih logov [Flowers from Local and Foreign Groves]. In the 20th century the field began to develop rapidly, particularly in the cases of drama and patristics. Patristic translations were no longer published after the Communist takeover in 1945, with several texts remaining in manuscripts. Among the notable translators of this period were Anton Sovre, Fran Bradač, and Kajetan Gantar. Democratization and independence in the 1990s led to an expan­sion of translation in all fields, in patristics, philosophy, drama, poetry, and elsewhere. Translations into Greek and Latin are also presented, starting with the renditions of Valentin Vodnik and Jernej Kopitar. These were later joined by Janko Pajk and Anton Sovre, who translated France Prešeren into Latin, by Ferdinand Kolednik and his mega-project with Josip Jurčič, and by Silvester Kopriva with some 200 translations into Latin in his Versus Latini.