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Who Has the Right to Rewrite?—A Study on the Translation Strategies of an ST and TT Writer

Fan Yang

Abstract


This paper intends to make an analysis of “Yu Xi”, a narrative prose written by Xiao Qian and the writer’s own translation “A Rainy Evening”, and argues that in literature translation, as long as one has the ability to produce a faithful translation, s/he should have the right to rewrite, making adaptations in the TT, whether s/he is the ST writer or other translators. The paper includes a general introduction to the rewriting theory, answers the question“what is rewriting”, and discusses the topic “who has the right to rewrite”in detail.

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Rewriting; ST and TT writer; Xiao Qian; “A Rainy Evening”

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i23.9810

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