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Volume 2, Numéro 3, Pages 146-154
2018-12-10

Faithfulness In Litterary Translation

Authors : Aminat El Amal Shehata .

Abstract

This communication is an attempt to shed light on the aspects concerning faithfulness in literary translation; since it is the most common criterion when evaluating a translation. We will also try to emphasize on the variety of opinions as to what it means to be faithful and to what should one be faithful. We will expose the theorists’ opinions about foreignization and domestication, and the issues concerning faithfulness.

Keywords

faithfulness, literary translation, foreignization, domestication, evaluating translation.