Name	Lachowitz, Johann Adam
Alternative Names
ID	19258
Gender	male
Lifespan	- 1709
Professions	Dolmetscher

Collection(s)	QHOD Dolmetscher
Uri(s)	https://mpr.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entity/19258/
Notes	In 1678, as a pupil of the chief interpreter Meninsky, he was appointed to the staff of interpreters and joined the Habsburg embassy in Constantinople to improve his language skills with Podestà and his students. In 1682 he was appointed to the staff of the War Council as interpreter, replacing Ridolfi di Aleppino, and was assigned to work as an interpreter alongside internuncius Caprara. In 1683, he was appointed to Charles V of Lorraine and served as a field interpreter in the Ottoman wars, but suffered a nervous breakdown at the siege of Buda and was reinstated in Vienna. From 1688, he was involved in the negotiations for the Habsburg-Ottoman peace treaties, and later interpreted for Count Oetting’s embassy at the Sublime Porte. In 1699, he unsuccessfully applied for the post of resident envoy, and was instead appointed Secretary of the Eastern Languages in Vienna.
References	Hajnalka TÓTH: Harminc év Habsburg-szolgálatban. Betekintés Johann Adam Lachowitz török tolmács áldozatos munkájába (1678–1709). In: Fons – Forráskutatás és Történeti Segédtudományok. 26 (2019) 1, 41–62; Dóra KEREKES: A császári tolmácsok a magyarországi visszafoglaló háborúk idején. In: Századok 138 (2004), 1189–1228. Zsuzsanna CZIRÀKI: A Habsburg Monarchia keleti nyelvi tolmácsai a 17. században, Reciti - Budapest, 2024.