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Foreignizatin and domestication are two strategies to tackle cultural differences in translation. This paper mainly discusses the relativity of foreignization and domestication in translation and comes to a conclusion that if the translation is excessively domesticated, the cultural peculiarity of the SL will be removed. On the contrary, if the translation is excessively foreignized, it will become mechanical translation. It will affect the understanding of the target language reader. Therefore, in practical translation, there is no absolute foreignization or no absolute domestication. They are both relative.
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Cui, J. (2011). A Study on the Relativity of Foreignization and Domestication in Translation Based on Data Comparison. In: Lin, S., Huang, X. (eds) Advances in Computer Science, Environment, Ecoinformatics, and Education. CSEE 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23339-5_64
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