This paper offers a translation into Croatian of selected stories from the book Merlín e familia i outras historias of a Galician writer Álvaro Cunqueiro, and a translation analysis of the translated part, based on the original and the selftranslation into the Spanish language. The paper consists of three parts. The first part brings a short review of the development of Translation Studies, with a special focus on the theoretical elements of the literary translation, in this case the prose. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the problems arising when translating the works of the above-mentioned author, which include intercultural translation and selftranslation. Besides, the introductory part includes a short overview of the differences between the original and the selftranslated version which will serve as a base for a part of a subsequent analysis. The second part consists of a translation into Croatian language. The third part contains the analysis of the translated text which deals with the elements characteristic of the above-mentioned work and author. The analysis starts with a comment about the translation of the parts which differ between the original and the selftranslated version. Besides, the author writes about orthographic, grammatical and lexical errors in the original, as well as about loanwords from the Galician language. The analysis continues with the explanation of the choices made when translating cultural references, and lexical problems which are result of different background and geographical distance of the languages in question. The analysis ends with a comment about the translation of proper nouns which include personal names and toponyms.