The article addresses issues related to political linguistics in the context of translating political texts. The main aim of the study is a comparative analysis of the Polish translation of a speech by the German politician Bernhard Vogel, with particular emphasis on the relationship between the informative and appellative functions of political language. The theoretical section discusses the specificity of contemporary political language and its pauperisation, manifested in the simplification of discourse, increased emotionality, and intensified persuasive elements. The study is based on a translational analysis of selected excerpts from the speech and focuses on translation transformations and the realisation of different types of equivalence. The analysis demonstrates that translating political texts requires maintaining a balance between semantic fidelity and adaptation to the target language‘s cultural codes and norms. The findings also indicate that fully preserving both the appellative and informative functions in translation is difficult, and translators are often required to make decisions that influence the text's structure and reception.
