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The phrase “literal translation”didn't become the authority until the May Fourth Movement in 1919.It was coined in opposition to the “distorted translation”of Lin Qinnan.We have no intention to be disrespectful by describing his translation as “distorted translation”.We just feel it is inappropriate to address Lin's version as “free translation”.
Mr.Lin had no knowledge of arrow headed characters and all of his translation works were put down to paper after hearing other's interpretation.We still wonder whether the cooperation was carried out in the way he reinterpreted other's words sentence-by-sentence or passage-by-passage?Anyway,during that process,double distortion is inevitable.
