Metaphrase
Metaphrase is a term referring to
translation theory.[3]
Metaphrase is one of the three ways of transferring, along with paraphrase and imitation,[4] according to John Dryden. Dryden considers paraphrase preferable to metaphrase (as literal translation) and imitation.
The term metaphrase was first used by
Philo Judaeus (20 BCE) in De vita Mosis.[4] Quintilian draws a distinction between metaphrase and paraphrase in the pedagogical practice of imitation and reworking of classical texts; he points out that metaphrase changes a word, and paraphrase, a phrase: a distinction that is also followed by Renaissance scholars.[3]
References
Look up metaphrase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Sources
- ISBN 0-415-09380-5.
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