Title: Relevance Theory on Literal Translation and Free Translation
Abstract: The comparison of two translation methods:literal translation and free translation is a controversy all along in translation circle.This paper aims at discussing these two methods from the perspective of Relevance Theory to identify their relationship.The source text author's intention and the translated text reader's intention determine the choice of translation methods.These two approaches to translation are not contradictory but dynamically unified.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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