Linguistic manifestation of sociocultural affiliations in German -Ukrainian literary translation

The article deals with social, cultural and political factors that influence translation solutions in the German -Ukrainian context. Based on an analysis of the biographical background of two Ukrainian translators, Petro Tarakuk and Jurij Prochas'ko, their statements to the public, interviews and translation strategies, the characteristics of their linguistic identity were examined from the point of view of anti-/postimperial vs colonial endeavors. Translations of Franz Kafka's The Trial and Amerika / The Man Who Disappeared into Ukrainian were studied to identify influencing drivers behind translation strategies and approaches. Tarakuk's translation strategy is described as nativism and the strategy of Prochas'ko as westernization.