Translation or Transference: The Problematic of Cultural Specifics

by Dr. S.S. Prabhakar Rao.  Allen Tate has once observed, “Translation is for ever impossible and for ever necessary.” Down the centuries there have been unending debates about loyalty to and freedom from the original in a translation – ‘formal equivalence’ vs ‘dynamic equivalence.’ Whether a translation should read like a translation or like an…… Continue reading Translation or Transference: The Problematic of Cultural Specifics