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Literary translation is the process of rendering a work of literature from one language into another while preserving its style, tone, and meaning as faithfully as possible. This form of translation goes beyond mere linguistic conversion and aims to capture the nuances, cultural references, and artistic elements of the original text. It requires a deep understanding of both the source and target languages, as well as a profound appreciation for the literary techniques and cultural context of the work being translated.
Literary translation includes many types, such as fiction, poetry, drama, short stories, as well as essays, cultural criticism and other non-fiction literature. The reason why literary translation is difficult is that literary works contain not only the translation of language and characters, but also the information of culture, history, social background and the author's personality and style. For example, there are differences between different cultures, including values, beliefs, habits, history, etc. . Literary works usually reflect the characteristics of a particular culture, so translation should consider how to convey these cultural elements in order to maintain the meaning and emotion of the original. And many literary works contain poetic expressions and metaphors, which are easily lost or misunderstood in translation. Translators need to deal with these features creatively in order to retain the beauty and depth of the original.
Literary translation can be said to be the most difficult type of translation, which is hardly to be finished by machine translation. Therefore, good literary translation must be translated by human. For we YGYM, we don’t use machine translation, and we have senior translators with more than 10 years of experience. They are experienced, well-written, and worthy of your trust! What’s more, YGYM has translated and published 500+ books with all fields.
For we YGYM, we have a panel of 200+ signed translators with a noted academic background. Thus we can provide literary translation combines unparalleled quality with confidentiality and competitive pricing. Should you have any needs or inquires, pls feel free to contact us by Mobile/Wechat/Whatsapp: +86 18627150996; email:sales@ygym.org.
