Definition and Formation of Liang’s “Unfettered Translation”

The term “unfettered translationunfettered translation” appeared in the late Qing Dynastylate Qing dynasty, but it may have originated from the Meiji eraMeiji era in JapanJapan. In the early stages of the Meiji RestorationMeiji Restoration, in order to adapt to the needs of “civilization and enlightenmentenlightenment,” there was a “translation craze” in the JapaneseJapanese literary worldJapanese literary world, and a huge number of literary worksliterary work in EnglishEnglish, French, and Russian were translated into Japanese.