The Application of the Jerome Model and the Horace Model in Translation Practice  

作　　者：吴炯 

机构地区：[1]Department of Foreign Languages, Chuxiong Normal University

出　　处：《海外英语》2015年第6期123-125,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：The Jerome model and the Horace model have a great influence on translation theories and practice from ancient times. This paper starts from a comparative study of the two models, and mainly discusses similarities, differences and weakness of them. And then, through the case study, it analyzes the application of the two models to English-Chinese translation. In the end,it draws a conclusion that generally accepted translation criterion does not exist, different types of texts require different translation criterion.The Jerome model and the Horace model have a great influence on translation theories and practice from ancient times. This paper starts from a comparative study of the two models, and mainly discusses similarities, differences and weakness of them. And then, through the case study, it analyzes the application of the two models to English-Chinese translation. In the end,it draws a conclusion that generally accepted translation criterion does not exist, different types of texts require different translation criterion.

关 键 词：Jerome MODEL HORACE MODEL EQUIVALENCE application RIGID TRANSLATION DOMESTICATION 

分 类 号：H315.9[语言文字—英语]