Text Sense and Amplification in Prose Translation

The context is the largest communicative unit in translation,and the success of translation depends on the achievement of the communicative function of text.An efficient combination of text analysis and translation study enables translation thinking to be carried out well beyond the limitation of word,sentence and even paragraph concepts.In the seven principles of text,cohesion and coherence are most influential upon translation.Amplification,among many translation strategies,plays a great role in achieving cohesion and coherence in translation.The application of text analysis and amplification to prose translation studies will help the realization of equivalence at textual level and the close communicative effect.