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2008.1.25 Introduction To Literary Translation Questions What is literary language Principles of Literary Language Examples of Deviation 你 / 一会看我 / 一会看云 / 我觉得 / 你看我时很远 / 你看云时很近 （顾城《远和近》） 随着爷爷的枪声，道路东西两边的河堤后，响起了几十响破烂不堪的枪声，又有七八个日本兵倒下了。（莫言《红高粱》） Literary Works Literary works are a kind of art created in language. What we demand of them is not merely the recording of concepts and of incidents. Besides these, they should possess artistic images which are attractive to the reader. In other words, the reader must have a strong feeling towards the characters’ thought and behavior through the artistic images portrayed in their literary works. Literary translation Literary translation is to reproduce the original artistic images in another language so that the reader of the translation may be inspired, moved and aesthetically entertained in the same way as one reads the original. Literary translator Company Logo LOGO 1 What do we expect from literature works? 2 What is literary language like? 3 What should a successful literature translation be like Affective Richards Also called poetic language Imagination Coleridge Polysemy Empson Estrangement Culler Literariness; a special Way of reading Culler Literary language Polysemy multiple meaning Ambiguity Metaphor Principles of Literary Language Foregrounding unusual, attractive, unconventional Main manifestations: deviation; parallelism violation of syntactic norms e.g. “A Grief Ago” Bilingual competence Bicultural competence A sense of responsibility Literary translator competence A keen insight