In order to know the whole procedures of a thesis and improve my own ability of writing a thesis,the thesis of The Design of New College English at Culture Level and Culture Studies which is a graduation thesis of mas...In order to know the whole procedures of a thesis and improve my own ability of writing a thesis,the thesis of The Design of New College English at Culture Level and Culture Studies which is a graduation thesis of master degree will be reread.展开更多
This essay argues that translations are shaped by the needs and expectations of the target culture,and given that aesthetic and cultural norms change over time,there is a constant need for retranslations.The creative ...This essay argues that translations are shaped by the needs and expectations of the target culture,and given that aesthetic and cultural norms change over time,there is a constant need for retranslations.The creative translation work of classicists such as Anne Carson and Josephine Balmer serves to illustrate the divergency of translation practice where there is no reliable source version.Two examples further explore how ancient texts are reconfigured:Cieran Carson’s rending of the Irish epic The Tain and Sioned Davies’s version of the Welsh epic The Mabinogion.Translators today have more freedom to exercise their own creativity as we recognize the unreliability of source texts that have undergone countless changes over time.展开更多
文摘In order to know the whole procedures of a thesis and improve my own ability of writing a thesis,the thesis of The Design of New College English at Culture Level and Culture Studies which is a graduation thesis of master degree will be reread.
文摘This essay argues that translations are shaped by the needs and expectations of the target culture,and given that aesthetic and cultural norms change over time,there is a constant need for retranslations.The creative translation work of classicists such as Anne Carson and Josephine Balmer serves to illustrate the divergency of translation practice where there is no reliable source version.Two examples further explore how ancient texts are reconfigured:Cieran Carson’s rending of the Irish epic The Tain and Sioned Davies’s version of the Welsh epic The Mabinogion.Translators today have more freedom to exercise their own creativity as we recognize the unreliability of source texts that have undergone countless changes over time.
