IS IT NECESSARY TO TRANSLATE THE PREPOSITION \u27DE\u27 IN A TITLE?

Naslov djela na latinskom često započinje prijedlogom de, a rijetko je navedena neka njegova odrednica ili pak apozicija koja pokazuje žanr toga djela. Takav tip naslova u duhu je latinskog jezika, ali ga nije dobro doslovno prevoditi na hrvatski jer funkcionira kao nepotpuna informacija. Hrvatska prevodilačka tradicija u konkretnom slučaju luta: neki ne prevode prijedlog de, dok ga drugi prevode. Postojanje prevedenih naslova vrste na hrvatski pokazuje da pretežu doslovni prijevodi. Međutim, duhu hrvatskog jezika sukladni su samo oni prijevodi u kojima nije preveden prijedlog de. Izostavljanjem de u prijevodu naslova i zamjenom ablativa izvornika nominativom postigao bi se točan prijevod koji je u duhu hrvatskoga jezika.Titles of works written in Latin often begin with the preposition de, but there is rarely a point of reference or apposition that indicates the genre of the work. This type of title is idiomatic in Latin, but it should not be translated into Croatian literally, because it functions as incomplete information. Croatian translation tradition in this particular case is inconsistent: some translators do not translate the preposition de, while others do. The existence of literally translated titles (with the preposition de translated) shows that literal translations prevail. However, just the translations in which the preposition de is not translated are in line with the genius of the Croatian language. By not translating the preposition de in a title and by substituting the Latin ablative for a nominative, the naturalness on the Croatian translation is achieved