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Essay on the Principles of Translation

by Alexander Fraser Tytler

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I — Description of a Good Translation — General Rules Flowi…
  4. 4Chapter II — First General Rule…
  5. 5Chapter III — Whether It Is Allowable for a Translator to Add to or…
  6. 6Chapter IV — Of the Freedom Allowed in Poetical Translation…
  7. 7Chapter V — Second General Rule…
  8. 8Chapter VI — Examples of a Good Taste in Poetical Translation…
  9. 9Chapter VII — Limitation of the Rule Regarding the Imitation of Style…
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Whether a Poem Can Be Well Translated Into Prose
  11. 11Chapter IX — Third General Rule…
  12. 12Chapter X
  13. 13Chapter XI — Of the Translation of Idiomatic Phrases…
  14. 14Chapter XII — Difficulty of Translating Don Quixote, From Its Idiom…
  15. 15Chapter XIII
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Of Burlesque Translation — Travesty and Parody — Scar…
  17. 17Chapter XV
  18. 18Appendix

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