On Translation 译经
On Translation 译经许渊冲
Translation is possible;
译可译，
It's not translation.
非常译；
Neglect the original form;
忘其形，
Get the original ideal!
得其意！
Getting the idea,
得意，
You understand the original;
理解之始；
Neglecting the form,
忘形，
You express the idea.
表达之母。
Be true to the idea
故应得意，
Common in two languages;
以求其同；
Be free from the form
故可忘形，
Peculiar to the original!
以存其异。
Idea and form are
两者同出，
Two sides of one thing.
异名同理。
Get the common idea;
得意忘形，
Neglect the peculiar form!
求同存异！
That's the way of translation.
翻译之道。
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