September 18, 2025Open Access

Key Issues Faced in Literary Translation: Fidelity, Form, and Voice

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Direct translations maintain prosodic patterns and imagery better than mediated ones, enhancing cultural connection.
Mediated translations often have more cultural substitutions and omissions, affecting fidelity to the source.
Adopting a dimension-by-dimension strategy leads to more creative and faithful translations overall.
A decision flow for balancing foreignization and domestication is proposed to streamline the translation process.

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This analysis explores national color in Azerbaijani to English literary translation, suggesting strategies to enhance fidelity and effectiveness.

Svetlana Mammadova (2025) studied this question.

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This analysis explores national color in Azerbaijani to English literary translation, suggesting strategies to enhance fidelity and effectiveness.