Error in Literary Translation: F.S. Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" in Three Polish Renditions

The research was inspired by Dehnel’s translator’s note on his rendering of Great Gatsby and Kopeć-Umiastowska’s vehement criticism this translation, based evidence errors. fragments criticized are juxtaposed with the parallel sections in Polak’s neglected translation same novel, which demonstrates that solutions usually conform to critic’s expectations. However, further examination argumentation identifies her criterion error as mostly arbitrary unfit for literary assessment. It is postulated understand a departure from original cannot be defended any valid strategy.