The English word "translation" derives from the Latin word translatio, which comes from trans, "across" + ferre, "to carry" o… 展开

Discussions of the theory and practice of translation reach back into antiquity and show remarkable continuities. The ancient Greeks distinguished between metaphrase (literal translation) and paraphrase. This distinction was a… 展开

Fidelity (or "faithfulness") and felicity (or transparency), dual ideals in translation, are often (though not always) at odds. A 17th-century French critic coined the phrase "les belles infidèles" to suggest that translations can be either fait… 展开

Competent translators show the following attributes:
• a very good knowledge of the language, written and spoken, from which they are translating (the source language);
• an excellent comma… 展开

Machine translation (MT) is a process whereby a computer program analyzes a source text and, in principle, produces a target text without human intervention. In reality, however, machine translation typically does inv… 展开

Translation of literary works (novels, short stories, plays, poems, etc.) is considered a literary pursuit in its own right. Notable in Canadian literature specifically as translators are figures such as Sheila Fischman… 展开