On The Translator's Creativity In Literary Translation

In recent years, with the thorough studies in the translation theory and practice, the focus has been changed into the translator from the single translating works. Translator is one of the role participations in the translating activity who causes the translation result directly. The essay mainly studies the functions and manifestations of the translator's creativity in the literary translation. As an art, the literary translation not only transmits the contents of the original works but also delivers the aesthetic perception to the readers. However, when literary translators are in progress of translation, they will confront many obstacles caused by the differences of language and culture. For this reason, the translator should apply his creativity positively and vigorously to solve the problem.The essay studies the translator's creativity in the literary translation based on the translator's subjectivity, mainly classifies the performance of the translator's creativity in the literary translation, they are: creativity of feeling and understanding, creativity for achieving aesthetic feeling and creativity based on objective necessity;discusses its functions. Meanwhile, the essay also studies the effects upon translator's creativity: the cultural awareness, the translation style and the choice of translation strategies and methods. The essay also studies the translator's quality when they want to apply their creativity, including the translator's language ability, extensive knowledge and the ability to eliminate the differences.The translator's creativity has significant function and meaning in literary translation and it can be shown in different ways. Meanwhile, there are some restrictions to it. And we should shift focus to the study of translator's creativity.