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Chapter 4Style and Translation Style has been an object of study from ancient times. Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian treated Style as the proper adornment of thought. 1. What is style? Theodore Savory: Style is the essential characteristic of every piece of writing, the outcome of the writer’s personality and his emotions at the moment, and no single paragraph can be put together without revealing in some degree the nature of its author. 两份请帖，一份是比较正式的，用语也比较严谨。而另一份则是比较随意的，用语亲切而不拘礼。1) Will you please honor me by coming to my humble home for a simple meal this FRIDAY eveni