PT Journal AU Rakova, Z SO Romanica Olomucensia PY 2011 BP 75 EP 82 VL 23 IS 1 DI 10.5507/ro.2011.010 DE francophony; francophilie; Czech translators; Czech elite. AB Frankofile and francophone elite of the Czech society has played since the 19th century an important role in mediating the Czech-French relationships. On the example of two importants translators, Jaroslav Vrchlicky and Hanus Jelinek and their contemporaries, the paper follows the birth of Czech French-speaking cultural and political elite from the 70s of the 19th century to 1918. ER