Translation has long been connected to aesthetics both in theory and practice. The author introduces some elements of aesthetics, including aesthetic subjects and aesthetic objects. The translator is the aesthetic subject of the original text and the translator should reproduce the aesthetic value of the original in another language through exploring the aesthetic features in the original text. The reader is the aesthetic subject of the translated text. The aesthetic value of the translated text can only be concretized in the reading of target language readers. The aesthetic reception theory will help us understand the role of readers in the translation activity.

Jin Li. Aesthetic Elements in Prose Translation. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 5: 82-85. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.020519.

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