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(5) Once completed, leave the translated text for some time later if
affordable.
(6) Re-read the translation in the absence of the original. Polish it
up if necessary, dismantling the interlocked meaning layers as an
indispensable step towards the explication of the textual meaning.
(7) Refer the translation to the original to find out if textual and
contextual equivalence was achieved.
For translation purposes, the translator must capitalize on his
knowledge of the external world, his cultural background, his
linguistic and literary competence and, above all, his intuition to
construct an imaginary schematic translation of the source text before
actualizing his translation in written form.
The model is also applicable to assess quality in translation.
Translation quality is often confused with literary quality. The two
concepts are as distinct as they are distinguishable. Translation
quality seeks in a translation a set of correspondences between the
version and the original text. Therefore, it cannot be anything but
relative. Literary quality, on the other hand, seeks to find out how
the text, in language and theme, is relatable to the literary tradition
to which it belongs. Quality in translation not only involves style
and closeness to the original, but also equivalence of effect on the
reader, ie. having the same emotional impact on the target reader as
on the original one. To evaluate a translation one will have to judge
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