Linguistics & Language · Language Learning & Translation
A topic within Language Learning & Translation, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
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John Dryden
Divides translation into metaphrase, paraphrase and imitation, and argues paraphrase, keeping the sense but not the words, is the right course between slavish literalism and free rewriting, setting terms translation theory still uses.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Walter Benjamin
Argues a translation should not aim at transparent equivalence to the original's meaning but should let the target language be stretched by the encounter, pointing both texts toward a shared 'pure language' neither reaches alone.
link checked 17 Sept 2026