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A Comparative Study Between the Views of Lu Xun and Lawrence Venuti on Foreignization Translation
LYU Liangqiu, SONG Yuwei
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2022.01.006
North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
Lu Xun and Lawrence Venuti, the representatives of Chinese and Western foreignizing translation respectively, advocated the preservation of exotic expression and style in translation. This paper expounds their views on foreignizing translation and analyzes some similarities through comparative study. In the choice of original text (“what to translate”), Lu Xun and Lawrence Venuti tended to choose literary that can reflect their political demands. In the choice of language form (“how to translate”), both of them objected to coherence and advocated the exotic style in translation. In their choice of target reader (“whom to translate”), both tended to translate to well-educated elite groups. In addition, due to their different times and regions, there are differences in their theoretical sources, political purposes, and social functions of translation. However, they both established the balance awareness in cultural exchanges and made efforts to promote cultural progress.
foreignizing translation, Lu Xun, Lawrence Venuti, comparative study
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