Idiomatic Translation for Idiomatic Original——Translation Style of Mr. Zhang Guruo through Tess of d'Urbervilles

Mr.Zhang Guruo,a famous literary translator in our country,is well remembered for his translation of Tess of d'Urbervilles,which is one of the twinkling stars in translated literature.He advances the principle of idiomatic translation for idiomatic original,which constitutes his guiding principle in translating Tess of d'Urbervilles,Thomas Hardy's representative work.Judging from the translation,the implication of being idiomatic is manifested in striking a happy medium in these contrasting pairs: domestication and foreignization,literalness and pomposity,language and langue,similarity in form and similarity in spirit.