Naglič Vladimir

Vladimir Naglič, Master Mariner (Ljubljana, 17 March 1896 – 5 August 1966, buried at Žale, Ljubljana), co-author of the book Pomorska slovenščina (Maritime Slovenian), author and translator of numerous maritime books.

Vladimir Naglič was a seafarer, commander of the sailing ship Burja (1954 – 1956?), author and co-author of numerous articles in the magazine Pomorstvo, the books Pomorska slovenščina and the book Ladje – morja – pristanišča (Ships – Seas – Ports), as well as a prolific translator.

 

Vladimir Naglič was born in Ljubljana. His father was a professional journalist. From 9 September 1915 he served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and later in in the Yugoslav Navy. He finished torpedo specialization and the Advanced Naval Course for Senior Officers. On 6 September 1939 he was promoted to the rank of Second Class Commodore. Upon the capitulation of Italy on 9 September 1943 he joined the Slovenian Partisan Army. After World War II, he was incorporated into the process of setting up the Slovenian maritime industry and commanded the legendary sailing ship Burja on its tourist voyages. He was a founding member of the Slovenian Seafarers Club (established on 4 July 1953 in Ljubljana).

 

He was one of the very few mariners actively involved in literature. Upon retiring from his captaincy (his last was on board the sailship Burja), he dedicated himself primarily to the sea as a writer and translator. With his great feeling of fluency with the Slovenian language, he translated works that were mostly related to maritime affairs. He took part in the creation and development of Slovenian maritime terminology.

 

Naglič was the author of a number of articles on the sea and language in the journal Pomorstvo, co-author of the only book of its kind on maritime phraseology in the Slovenian language (Pomorska slovenščina, 1961, together with Janez Gradišnik and professor at the Piran Maritime School Ernest Kopriva), author of the book Kratke zanimivosti iz Pomorstva (Short Curiosities from Maritime Affairs, 1951), co-author of the book Morje – ladje – pristanišča (together with Fred Dietrich, 1967). Considering that he was interested in maritime terminology, he compiled Slovarček pomorskih izrazov (Dictionary of Maritime Terms) for the book Maritime Slovenian, which was divided in two parts. The first includes maritime terms in Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, English and German, whilst the second part contains Serbo-Croatian maritime words with Slovenian translations. In 1951, he received the Levstik Award for the book Short Curiosities from Maritime Affairs.

 

He translated around 30 books from Russian, English and German. He had a special natural liking for translating books on maritime subjects, such as: Ivan Yefremov: Starships, 1956; Cook: A Journey Around the World; Fridjotf Nansen: Across Greenland; August Piccard: To the Bottom of the Sea by Bathyscaphe; Frans G. Bengtsson: The Red Vikings, 1960; Frank Thiess: Tsushima – A Novel of Naval Warfare, 1961; Bertrand Russell: Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare, 1961, and others.

 

The Maritime Museum Piran also holds, apart from photographs and several documents and books, the Memorial Book (SPOMENAR) of the first Slovenian tourist ship Burja and its captain Vladimir Naglič. The book of reflections, thoughts and acknowledgements contains the impressions of passengers during tourist trips on board the ship Burja across the Adriatic Sea. In 1954, the sailship was owned by the Ribič Company from Piran, then sold in 1956 to Splošna plovba Piran. The first text in the Memorial Book was signed by representative of the Tourist Association of Slovenia after the 10-day trip on 4 August 1954.

 

Prepared by Nadja Terčon

 

 

SOURCES

 

Museum documentation

 

Borko, Božidar: Spominu Vladimira Nagliča, v Dietrich – Naglič, Ladje – morja – pristanišča, Ljubljana 1967, pp. 5-6

 

Terčon, Nadja. Usidrali smo se na morje, Piran, 2015

 

Kavšek, Slavko: Naglič, Vladimir, in Enciklopedija Slovenije 7, p. 270