Table of Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................... 4

1 Stephen Hawking
1.1 The Man.................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 The Scientist............................................................................................................. 8
1.3 The Writer................................................................................................................ 9

2 Translation, Translator, Process of translation
2.1 Translation, Translator, Process of translation....................................................... 13
2.2 Expressional Shifts and Changes in Translation.................................................... 17

3 Characteristics of Scientific Prose Style and Style of Literary Works
3.1 General Classification of Styles............................................................................. 21
3.2 Scientific Prose Style in the Slovak Language...................................................... 22
3.3 Style of Literary Works in the Slovak Language................................................... 26
3.4 Scientific Prose Style in the English Language...................................................... 28
3.5 Style of Literary Works in the English Language.................................................. 29
3.6 Characteristics of Non-Literary Texts and Their Translation................................ 30

4 Stephen Hawking in Slovak Translation
4.1 Author`s Personal Style.......................................................................................... 37
4.2 A Brief History of Time......................................................................................... 38
4.2.1 About the Book................................................................................................... 38
4.2.2 The Analysis....................................................................................................... 39
4.3 The Universe in a Nutshell................................................................................. 54
4.3.1 About the Book................................................................................................... 54
4.3.2 The Analysis....................................................................................................... 56

Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 71
Resume .........................................................................................................................74
References ...................................................................................................................76
Bibliography, Web ......................................................................................................77