翻译方法应以归化为主

Domestication should be the Main Strategy in Literary Translation

本文分析了异化、归化的概念,指出异化、归化有语言形式和文化内容两个层面。作为翻译方法,异化、归化主要涉及语言形式层面;将异化、归化的方法与翻译的目的结合起来看,归化无疑是主要的;况且异化、归化的关系并不是固定不变的,随着时间的发展,两者呈现出由异化向归化单向转化的规律,由此可见归化译法在翻译中起着主导作用。

This paper analyzes the concepts of foreignization and domestication in terms of form and content. As a translation strategy, foreignization or domestication is primarily concerned with 'form'. Relating the two strategies to the aims of translation makes it clear that domestication should be preferred to foreignization. Moreover, with the passage of time, foreignization always gives way to domestication. Therefore, the strategy of domestication plays a leading role in translation.