To Foreignize or To Domesticate(3)

6.Conclusion

Onexaminingthetranslationofmetaphorandthediscussionofsomeof
theproblemsinvolved,Ihaverealizedthatdifferentmethodsoftranslation
arechangeableratherthanfixed,contingentratherthaneternal.Whether
touseforeignizingordomesticatingstrategydependsondifferentfactors
suchastheimportanceandthecontextualfactorsoftheSLtext,theconsideration
ofreferentialaccuracy,thereader’sacceptabilityandthe"pragmatic
economy"(Newmark,1988b:110).Ibelievetherearespecialproblemsinvolved
inthetranslationofmetaphor,butthetheoryofthetranslationofmetaphor
isjustifiablewithinthegeneraltheoryoftranslation.Tosumup,in
translationpractice,thereisnoforeignizationwithoutsomedegreeof
domestication,bythesametoken,thereisnodomesticationwithoutsome
degreeofforeignization.





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