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1、ShiAiwei(石爱伟)XinzhouTeachersUniversity,Shanxi,ChinaTranslatabilityandPoeticTranslation-2Part1AbstractThe“translator,traitor”isamottothatisbelievedbymanytobetrue,notmentioningpoetictranslation,theoneareatoodivinetobetouchedforliteraryenthusiasts,ormorespecifically,poeticenthusiasts.“Poetryiswhatge
2、tslostintranslation,”RobertFrost,Americanpoetandcritic,oncesays.Thisthesis,startingfromabriefaccountofoldideasoftheuntranslatabilityofpoetry,proposesinsteadahypothesisthatpoetryistranslatable(ChapterOne).Inthenextchapter(ChapterTwo)ananalysisofwhypoetryisuntranslatableismadeinbothlinguisticandcul
3、turalrespects.Itgoesongivingadetailedanalysisoftranslationingeneral,itsvariousdefinitions,itsmultiplefunctionsandtheauthor’sownideaofit(ChapterThree).Thenliterarytranslationisdiscussed,involvingitsfeaturesandmainfunction—aestheticvaluewhichistheverycoreinpoetictranslationaswell(ChapterFour).Chapt
4、erFivedealswithfeaturesofpoetictranslation,treatingatthebeginningtherelationshipbetweenpoetryandaestheticsandthenmakingacomparisonofSino-westpoetictheories.Whatfollowsisadiscussionofthelongstandingissueofformvscontentandthecriteriaofpoetictranslation.Attheendofthischapter,thefunctionofpoetryisdis
5、cussed.ChapterSixsuggestssomestrategiesinpoetictranslation,allwithastrongconsciousnessofcompensationofpossiblelossofthesourcetext.Thethesisendswithaconclusion—poetryistranslatable,iftranslationisregardedasapurposefulactratherthanasterileirrationalpursuitofexactduplication.INTRODUCTIONTranslationu
6、sedtobeconsideredaninter-languagetransferofmeaning,whichisthepointofdepartureforresearchandstudy.Manyearlierdefinitionsdemonstratethis,usingsourcelanguageandtargetlanguageastheirtechnicalterms.Moreover,translationtheoriesstrictlyconfinedthemselveswithinthesphereoflinguistics.Formanyyearsthepopula
7、rtrendinthetranslationcircleshadbeenperfectfaithfulnesstotheoriginalbothincontentandinformandithadbeenregardedastheironcriterionasiffromtheholyBiblefortranslatorstoobserve.Thegodlystatusandtheimpossibleidealisticbelief
