Translation Translation Theories before Theories before the Twentieth the Twentieth Century Century ContentsContents1. Literal or free translation?2. Schleiermacher s theorization3. Victorian controversy 4. Bible translationsMarcus Tullius Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC)(106-43BC) Cicero opposed word-for-word translation and underlined that translators should not act “as an interpreter, but as an orator, keeping the same ideas and the forms ”. The popularity of a translation rests on its
