A short history of translation and translators

“Faithfulness” and “transparency” were better defined as dual ideals in translation. “Faithfulness” was the extent to which a translation accurately renders the meaning of the source text, without distortion, by taking into account the text itself (subject, type and use), its literary qualities, and its social or historical context. “Transparency” was the extent to which the end result of a translation stands as a text of its own that could have been originally been written in the language of the reader, and conforms to its grammar, syntax and idiom. A “transparent” translation is often qualified as “idiomatic” (source: Wikipedia).

• “Faithfulness” and “transparency” were better defined as dual ideals in translation. “Faithfulness” was the extent to which a translation accurately renders the meaning of the source text, without distortion, by taking into account the text itself (subject, type and use), its literary qualities, and its social or historical context. “Transparency” was the extent to which the end result of a translation stands as a text of its own that could have been originally been written in the language of the reader, and conforms to its grammar, syntax and idiom. A “transparent” translation is often qualified as “idiomatic” (source: Wikipedia).