Re: Commonwealth of Both Nations (was: Russia in Ill Bethisad)

 --- "P. M. Arktayg" skrzypszy:

> > Indeed. As you probably know, "Rzeczpospolita" is a litteral translation
> > of the word "Republic";
>
> As you probably know :), _rzeczpospolita_ is a calque of Latin _res
> publica_. In my opinion, _commonwealth_ is a better English counterpart if
> we talk about Poland.
Agreed, my phrasing sometimes really begs for improvement, and in this case it
would definitely never have won a beauty contest.
BTW, "Commonwealth" is how the I. Rzeczpospolita is usually referred to in
English literature on the subject; sometimes the word "Rzeczpospolita" is used,
unchanged.

> > sometimes the two constituents were written separately. As far as I
> > know, it has never been used in Polish in the context of any other
> > country than itself;
>
> Au contraire: _Rzeczpospolita Wenecka_ 'Republic of Venice',
> _Rzeczpospolita Rzymska_ 'Roman Republic' and, IIRC, ancient Greek
> republics.
Interesting, I didn't know that. Thank you for pointing it out.

Jan

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