Proceedings of the 2015 2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication

Effectiveness of Context on Translation in Literary Works

Authors
Lin Lin
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Lin Lin
Available Online November 2015.
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-15.2016.70How to use a DOI?
Keywords
context; translation; effectiveness; literary works
Abstract

Context has very close connection with translation especially with literary translation. In literary works, context has an important function restricting translation process, and in turn translation, to a large degree, depends on context. Context is indispensable for translators to correctly understand the original text and to achieve functional equivalence in translation. This paper, from the perspective of systemic-functional linguistics, holds that context is the key to comprehend the original text, and that only when we convey the true communicative intentions of the original work via context, can it be possible to guarantee the maximum success of translation in literary works.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-152-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-15.2016.70How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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