The paper examines the specifics of historicism and the relation between time and translation in the translation theory. The subjects of analyses are the three monographs in the field of German studies in Bulgaria, which are published by Lyubomir Ognyanov-Rizor, Anna Lilova and Ana Dimova. In the foreground is the interest in the principle of historicism in translation at the time of writing of the theory by the three authors. The development of this principle is investigated, as well as its applied potential.
Key words: historicism, time, translation, theory of literary translation, applied potential.
