A comparison between Lu Xun and Venuti
In the circle of
translation studies, Lawrence Venuti is usually considered the most prominent representative
of the method of foreignization. However, very few people know that in China
there is also a great theorist and translator, Lu Xun, who developed his own
method of foreignization years earlier than Venuti. This article aims at carrying
out a contrastive analysis of Lu Xun’s and Venuti’s translation theory. It will
mainly focus on the method of foreignization, which will be also illustrated
with examples of their translations. After a detailed comparison between the two
authors, we can conclude that their views on foreignization present many
similarities, but also some differences, due to their different historical and
social contexts.
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