TITLE:
The Role of Viewpoint in Linguistic Choices in Translation
AUTHORS:
Yuhong Xie, Yunfeng Shi
KEYWORDS:
Viewpoint, Language Choice in Translation, Translation Evaluation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
9,
2023
ABSTRACT: Language
used in communication involves viewpoint. Translation as a special yet common form of communication is no exception.
This paper aims to present a view that translation is viewpointed in
that the source text, the translator and the target text and other relevant
contextual factors all make translation indispensible with viewpoint. This
paper also demonstrates that a translator has automaticity and privilege in
choosing language, narrative perspective and target text style in translation
according to his preference and viewpoint, and that viewpoint plays an
essential part in evaluating translation. In translation, though restricted by
the source text, a translator can find one way or another to mingle his
viewpoint into the translation.