The Art of Translation

Author: Xu Yuanchong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book selects several articles from the initial edition of Literary Translation Talk published in Taipei. The first article is the lecture notes The Philosophy of Translation by the author at Henan University. In the lecture, the author mentions that the essence of literary translation is "beauty," the method is "transmutation," and the goal is "threefold appreciation" (knowing it, appreciating it, and enjoying it). The epistemology is "art theory," and in simple terms, literary translation is an art of "three beauties, three transmutations, and threefold appreciation." The second article is Literary Translation and Translated Literature published in World Literature, where the author states that the goal of literary translation is to become translated literature and to elevate literary translation to the same status as literary creation. The works of a top literary translator should be no different from those of a top writer when read. The third article is Literary Translation: 1+1=3 published in Shanghai's Foreign Languages, which, if the previous article discussed the relationship between translation and literature, this one explores the relationship between translation and science. The fourth article is On "Comparative Translation Studies." The article in the general section of this book is The Dialectics of Translation, which could also be titled The Practice of Translation, using actual translation examples to illustrate the theory of "leveraging advantages for competition." In fact, most of the articles in the specialized section of this book are examples of comparative translation. This book selects several articles from the initial edition of Literary Translation Talk published in Taipei. The first article is the lecture notes The Philosophy of Translation by the author at Henan University. In the lecture, the author mentions that the essence of literary translation is "beauty," the method is "transmutation," and the goal is "threefold appreciation" (knowing it, appreciating it, and enjoying it). The epistemology is "art theory," and in simple terms, literary translation is an art of "three beauties, three transmutations, and threefold appreciation." The second article is Literary Translation and Translated Literature published in World Literature, where the author states that the goal of literary translation is to become translated literature and to elevate literary translation to the same status as literary creation. The works of a top literary translator should be no different from those of a top writer when read. The third article is Literary Translation: 1+1=3 published in Shanghai's Foreign Languages, which, if the previous article discussed the relationship between translation and literature, this one explores the relationship between translation and science. The fourth article is On "Comparative Translation Studies." The article in the general section of this book is The Dialectics of Translation, which could also be titled The Practice of Translation, using actual translation examples to illustrate the theory of "leveraging advantages for competition." In fact, most of the articles in the specialized section of this book are examples of comparative translation.