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The Three Principle of Translation
Wen-Fan HUANG
ABSTRACT
Translators must be principled, and they must have standards which are uniformly observed throughout a national culture. Mr. Yan Fu, a famous scholar in Chin Dynasty, who have made three principles of translation, namely:
Faithfulness
Expressiveness, and
Elegance
Since 1896, Yan's principles have been practiced by his followers, but, as time passed, his criterions have been challenged, especially to the third principle- Elegance.
From a long time studies and practices, this author believed that Yan's standards were inspired by Cousin's Du Vrai, Du Bieu, et Du Beau, Elegance means Beauty. Thus, it is not easy to cancel or supersede it in translating works.
One hundred years have passed since Mr. Yan's principles of Translation began on appear, and we still have far to go. |
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