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At least, this should have been the goal of the poet―the reader’s recoverability of the
interpretation of the metaphor. If the poet has not allowed for this, he or she may have
written with lofty expectations of the reader (De Beaugrande 1978:67).
2.2.4 Models for making translation decisions
Holmes (1988) provides some models that are very useful in understanding the
decisions a translator makes in producing meta-literature concerning a poem. In § 2.2.4.1
and § 2.2.4.2, I discuss each model and elaborate on some important details. In § 2.2.4.3, I
present ten principles of Boerger (1997) that address the need for both accuracy and
poetic artistry in the translation of poetry.
2.2.4.1 Holmes’ meta-literature model―types of interpretation and types of poetry
The first model, shown in Figure 1, 18 shows a comparison of two disciplines that
are carried out with regard to a poem, the writing of interpretation and the writing of
poetry. Seven types of meta-literature―that is, the types of things a writer can produce
with regard to a poem―are listed according to the number and/or degree of constraints
experienced in producing them. Each discipline represents a scale where on one end there
is complete freedom. As one moves further toward the middle, the number and/or degree
of constraints increase.
18 The model in Holmes’ text (1988:24) is laid out differently from the model in Figure 1. However, the
content and use of the models are equal.