Translation Studies in the First Years of Slovo a slovesnost (SaS)

In recent years, research into the history of translation studies has been pursued on a national, regional and international level. The objective of this paper is to contribute to research on the history of Czech translation studies. The paper presents an overview of translation studies themes in the early issues of the Czech periodical Slovo a slovesnost (Language and Literature) as the intellectual platforms of the Prague Linguistic Circle from 1935 to 1943, at which time the journal was forced to close down due to the Second World War. A thorough examination of this particular topic has never been undertaken. The publications are classified by genre (studies, translation criticism, reviews of theoretical works), by author, and by the relevant philological area. The contributions of the individual authors in Slovo a slovesnost are then analyzed with respect to their continued research work.