RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Raková, Zuzana T1 JF Romanica Olomucensia YR 2011 VO 23 IS 1 SP 75 OP 82 DO 10.5507/ro.2011.010 UL https://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201101-0010.php 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.