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According to Hermans in 1999 translation can and should be recognized as a social phenomenon, a cultural practice. He said that we bring to translation both cognitive and normative expectations, which are continually being negotiated, confirmed, adjusted, and modified by practicing translators and by all who deal with translation, In 2002, regarding cultural translation Hervey mentioned that for dealing with the cultural gaps cultural transposition is needed. According to him cultural transposition has a scale of degrees which are toward the choice of features indigenous to target language and culture rather than features which are rooted in source culture. In 2004, Nico Wiersema mentined the concept of globalization and translation. He stated that TT can be written in a more foreignizing / eroticizing manner wherein culturally bound elements (some, one might say, untranslatable), are not translated. He believed that this trend contributes to learning and understanding foreign cultures. References: - Alvarez, Roman and M.C.A. Vidal (1996). Translation, Power, Subversion. Aixelá, J.F. “Culture Specific Items in Translation” - Baker, Mona (1992). In Other Words. London: Routledge. - Baker, Mona (2001). Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London: Routledge. - Baker, Mona (2005). Translation and Conflict. London and New York: Routledge. - H. Minabad, Hassan (2004). “Culture in Translation and Translation of Culture Specific Items”. Translation Studies. 5,2. : 31-46 - Hatim, Basil and J. Munday (2006). Translation an Advance Resource Book. London and New York: Routledge. - Hung, Eva (2005). Translation and Cultural change. Amsterdam : John Benjamins. - Larson, Mildred (1984). Meaning Based Translation: A Guide to Cross Language Equivalence. Lanham: University Press of America. - Lefevere, André (1992). Translation History Culture. London: Routledge. - Munday, Jeremy (2001). Introducing Translation Studies. Tehran: Yalda Ghalam. - Newmark, Peter (1981). Approaches to Translation. Oxford: Pregamon Press. - Newmark, Peter (1988). A Text Book of Translation. Tehran: Adab. This article was originally published at Translation Journal (http://accurapid.com/journal). The Translation Theories: From History to Procedures Edited by Zainurrahman Source: Personal Journal of Philosophy of Language and Education (http://zainurrahmans.wordpress.com) 60
Style and Stylistic Accommodation in Translation By Aiwei Shi M.A. in English Linguistics and Literature Xinzhou Teachers University Shanxi, China shi_aiwei@hotmail.com Abstract Accommodation in translation emerges in perspectives such as cultural accommodation, collocation accommodation, ideological accommodation and aesthetic accommodation. (see for reference my article entitled Accommodation in Translation at www.accurapid.com ) This article focuses specifically on stylistic accommodation in translation, proposing that accommodation should be oriented to style which includes writer’s style, genre style and historical style. Style Style means all kinds o' things. Encarta English dictionary lists 11 definitions for it. Its third definition says: way of writing or performing: the way in which something is written or performed as distinct from the content of the writing or performance. This is where we commence our discussion. Lynch provides us with more or less what is generally understood of style in our school days. He says that at its broadest, it means everything about your way of presenting yourself in words, including grace, clarity, and a thousand undefinable qualities that separate good writing from bad. (Lynch, 2001) I also remember huge amount of stress from my teachers is placed on economy, precision and so on, plus clarity as stated by above. In a word, style is used as a term distinguished from content in writing and it stresses form or format. In other words, style means ‘how’ whereas content refers to ‘what’. If style comes only second in priority, it certainly stands very high in importance. It is only natural that good form conveys the content in more sufficient and adequate way. In translation discussion faithfulness in content has always been emphasized and treated seriously, but faithfulness in style seems to pose more difficulties. In literature, style is the novelist’s choice of words and phrases, and how the novelist arranges these words and phrases in sentences and paragraphs. Style allows the author to shape how the reader experiences the work. For example, one writer may use simple words and straightforward sentences, while another may use difficult vocabulary and elaborate sentence structures. Even if the themes of both works are similar, the differences in the authors’ styles make the experiences of reading the two works distinct. Without extensive reading the capture of the so-called style is really a tough challenge. Translation E.Nida(1984) difines translation as “ Translation consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source language massage, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.” How is style transferred in the receptor language becomes a problem and challenge for every translator or interpreter. As translators and interpreters we are mediators. The ancient Chinese referred to the translator as a “match-maker” or “go- The Translation Theories: From History to Procedures Edited by Zainurrahman Source: Personal Journal of Philosophy of Language and Education (http://zainurrahmans.wordpress.com) 61
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