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All this configuration is of great help to translator, when translating the literary prose
texts. But such taxonomies are of little use in the practice of translating, and they remain
theoretical, unless one can see how the various types of inter-text actually relate to the set
of procedural rules that regulate text understanding. Finally, the translator could be said
to be working with the given scale of values in dealing with inter-textual reference or the
abstract text. These range from straight forward to extremely opaque.
2.8 TRANSLATION CRITICISM/ CRITIQUE
Translation Criticism is an essential link between translation theory and practice. There
are various aspects of Translation Criticism. You can assess translation by its standard of
referential and pragmatic accuracy. How far is a translator entitled to get away from the
words, to devote himself to the message, the sense and the spirit.
The challenge in Translation Criticism is to state your own principles categorically, but
at the same time to elucidate the translator’s principles. A translation may be evaluated
by various authorities:
a. The reviser employed by the firm or the translation company.
b. The head of section of the company.
c. The client.
d. The professional critic of a translation, or the teacher marking one.
e. Finally, by the readership of the published work.
2.8.1 Plan of Criticism
Any comprehensive criticism of translation has to cover the following topics:
1. Text Analysis
2. The Translator’s Purpose
3. Comparing the Translation with the Original
4. Evaluation of Translation
After considering whether the translation is successful in its own terms, your evaluation
is by your own standard of referential and pragmatic accuracy. The main question is
the quality and extent of the semantic deficit in the translation, and whether it is
inevitable or due to the translator’s deficiencies. Further, the translation is assessed as a
piece of writing, independent of its original; if this is an anonymous non-individual text,