Reinterpretation of ‘Faithfulness’ under the Translation Notion of ‘Refraction’

Abstract

The traditional translation theories hold that the original text can’t be changed, any adaptation of the original text was considered as illegality and unfaithfulness. And people also reject such kind of translations. Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction and Andre Lefevere’s refraction shared the same idea and anti-traditional translation theories. They’ve added the fresh blood to the translation, especially in “faithfulnessâ€. This paper intends to reinterpret faithfulness under the refraction through some examples and with the combination of Eugene Nadia’s functional equivalence, thus exampling the true faithfulness.