Abstract: From the beginning of history,different people have different views on translation standard,and their debate have been heated and lasting.Peter Newmark,a well-known translation theorist,categorized text types and put forward two methods of translation.However,Newmark holds that functions of the source and the target are equal,hereafter,binary is emphasized--semantic translation or communication translation based on the type of the texts concerned.But we believe that the proposition pays too much attention on prescriptiveness and neglects discriptiveness.In this essay,Peter Newmark's theories and methods will be analysed in order that we can benefit in terms of translation strategy.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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