W poszukiwaniu sensu polskich przekładów J. Conrada : prze-pisywanie, manipulacja czy kulturowa adaptacja.

The works of Joseph Conrad (and, more specifically, their Polish translations) were frequently used in political debates. Many critics read their own contents into his works, and used Conrad as an exemplum illustrating arguments they had advanced. This article is an analysis of the manipulations which Conrad’s works were subjected to in Poland. The analysis has been conducted with the use of terminology applied in the descriptive studies on translation. In the article, the author focuses on the distortions of Conrad’s translated works, which resulted from the continuous influences of various ideologies. To this end, terms such as: re‑writing, refraction and patronage, introduced into translation studies by André Lefevere, have been used