To Foreignize or To Domesticate(3)
6. Conclusion
On examining the translation of metaphor and the discussion of some of
the problems involved, I have realized that different methods of translation
are changeable rather than fixed, contingent rather than eternal. Whether
to use foreignizing or domesticating strategy depends on different factors
such as the importance and the contextual factors of the SL text, the consideration
of referential accuracy, the reader’s acceptability and the "pragmatic
economy" (Newmark, 1988b: 110). I believe there are special problems involved
in the translation of metaphor, but the theory of the translation of metaphor
is justifiable within the general theory of translation. To sum up, in
translation practice, there is no foreignization without some degree of
domestication, by the same token, there is no domestication without some
degree of foreignization.
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