August 11, 2025Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Multiple Dimensions of Translation

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ZLZhang LongxiHunan Normal University

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This essay highlights translation's dual role as both a creative act and a cultural gateway, suggesting it enhances world literature by challenging the idea of untranslatability.

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Translation enriches the reading experience, creating pleasure for readers and allowing creativity among translators.
The essay argues that concepts like untranslatability are misleading and hinder the accessibility of non-Western works in world literature.
It emphasizes the critical role of cultural understanding in making successful translations, using several concrete examples to illustrate this point.
Challenges to the 'hegemony' of English are portrayed as hypocritical, thereby limiting the recognition of diverse literary voices.

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Zhang Longxi (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a35ef30a429f79733282fb https://doi.org/10.53397/hunnu.jflc.202501003

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This essay highlights translation's dual role as both a creative act and a cultural gateway, suggesting it enhances world literature by challenging the idea of untranslatability.

Multiple Dimensions of Translation

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Multiple Dimensions of Translation

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