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Publication details [#20051]
Shen, Lianyun. 2008. Respect for difference: the ethical principle of contemporary Translation Studies. Chinese Translators Journal (中国翻译) 2 : 16–19.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
Domestication/foreignization in translation is more about ethical attitude towards the cultural other than about translation strategies or methods dealing with the original meaning. The humanistic value of translation dictates that translators should seek differences rather than similarities between the two cultures involved. To seek differences is to regard the original text as a totality which has its own values, and to seek similarities is to take what one needs from the original text for one’s own purpose. Respect for difference means respect for the cultural other.
Source : Abstract in journal