When writer helps his translator

Abstract

Andric?s relationship with translators of his stories and novels discovers his dedication to the question of language in his works. The correspondence includes many answers given by writer to translators about semantics and etymology of language use in his books. They upgrade his constantly care for reception of his stories and novels also in native language as in foreign language. This care is represented by explanation of some archaic word or phrase in the footnote in the body of text and by vocabulary associated to the book. All these shown Andric?s high valuating of the mission of translating and his great respect for the translators and they work.