On Venuti's Translation Strategies of Domestication and Alienation

As a representative and an advocate of the translation theory of deconstructionism,the Italian,born American scholar Lawrence Venuti's ideas on translation,have in recent years attracted worldwide attention and exerted profound influence.This paper first of all introduces and explores the Venuti's translation strategies,and then undergoes a thorough analysis of Venuti alienation translation strategy by elaborating the purposes and the specific methods of the strategies.Finally,the paper expatiates on the value and limits of Venuti's ideas on translation.The study on Venuti's ideas of translation is conducive to a deeper understanding of western translation theories.