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第8卷 第2期 读 与 写 杂 志 2Ol1年 2月 Vo1．8 No．2 Readand、ⅣritePeriodical February 2011 LiteralTranslation and Free Translation 彭 佼 (中国海洋大学中西语言文字比较专业 山东 青岛 266071) 中图分类号 ：H315．9 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1672-1578(201I)02-0003-02 Dispute overthe method ofliteraltranslation and thatof necessary，Ifsuch goalscan’tachieve，then faihtfulnessshould free translation had a long history in China． in EastJin be putin firstplace．In the prerequisite offaithfulness，make DynastyDaoan (道 安 314—385)，awell—known monk，wasthe sure the translated worksto be smoothly and readable．Luxun representative of thosewho firmly advocated literal translation． eversaid：”nevermake mistka esin translation．” Since he feared thatfree translation mightnotbe true to the Some people may know severaljokesabouttranslation． original，he advocated strictliteraltranslation soasto preserve suchas， “tIleMilkyWay”wastranslatedas “牛奶路”，and the true features．Works under his direction were typical of “lieon one’sback”as “躺 在 自己的背 上 ”etc．Becauseof word—for—word translation．in which no alteration was made “dead”ormechanical translation，suchjokeswereappeared． exceptaccidentalchangesinword order．Kumarivaf鸠摩 罗 Theircorrectrtanslation shouldberespectively “银 河 ”or“天河 ” 344— 4131advocated free translation．He was versed in both and “仰卧”or “仰面躺着”．Therefore，intranslation，whenthe Sanskritand Chinese，translated lotsofBuddhistscriptures．His textis not suitable to be literally translated，translator may translations have greatinfluence over Chinese philosophy and conside