... figure of domesticating translation. According to him, judging the validity of a translation cannot stop with a comparison of corresponding lexical meanings, grammatical classes and rhetorical devices. What is important is the extent to which receptors correctly understand and appreciate the translated text. He put forward the notion of functional equivalence, a maximal, ideal definition of which could ... societies may have completely diversified cultures, which are reflected in both the form and connotation of languages. Most of the difficulties in translation stem from culturally idio...

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