Poetic Cycles and Information Beyond the Micro-Level of Words: On the Translations of Joseph Brodsky's Cycle A Part of Speech Into English and Latvian

A poetic cycle is a specific case of contextualisation and for translators this means additional efforts in identifying the micro- macro-level network functional semantic links. Joseph Brodsky’s Part Speech represents highly conceptual approach strong integration each every poem. In context paper briefly outlines different types macroscopic approaches to poetry translation. Further practical analysis some translation issues observed respective English Latvian translations show that decisions are informed by backgrounds author-text-reader relationships. Artistic creativity certainly present activity but does not mean completely independent target text produced.