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this chapter discusses the definitions, methods, relevant strategies of translation, translation strategies of movie script, and poetry translating strategies. the related research and study will be presented and discussed.
2.1 Definitions of translation
According to catford (1965:20), translation is defined as the replacement of textual material in one language (source language) by equivalent textual material in another language (target language). Newmark (1981:7) states that translation is the attempt to replace a written message and/or statement in one language by the same message and/or statement in another language. Saibua (1995:1), a thai translation theorist, defines teanslation as transfer of the meaning of original language into target language with the aim to preserve the original meaning.