PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Raková, Zuzana TI - DP - 2011 Jun 1 TA - Romanica Olomucensia PG - 75--82 VI - 23 IP - 1 AID - 10.5507/ro.2011.010 IS - 18034136 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 Vrchlický and Hanuš Jelínek 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.