Metaphrase - wikipedia Metaphrase Look up metaphrase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metaphrase is a term referring to literal translation, i.e., `` word by word and line by line '' translation. In everyday usage, metaphrase means literalism ; however, metaphrase is also the translation of poetry into prose. Unlike `` paraphrase, '' which has an ordinary use in literature theory, the term `` metaphrase '' is only used in translation theory. Metaphrase is one of the three ways of transferring, along with paraphrase and imitation, according to John Dryden. Dryden considers paraphrase preferable to metaphrase ( as literal translation ) and imitation. The term `` metaphrase '' is first used by Philo Judaeus ( 20 BCE ) in De vita Mosis. Quintilian draws a distinction between metaphrase and paraphrase in the pedagogical practice of imitation and reworking classical texts ; he points out that metaphrase changes a word, and paraphrase, a phrase : a distinction that is also followed by Renaissance scholars. References Jump up ^ Ovid 's Epistles, Preface by John Dryden, London : Jacob Tonson, 1681, cited in Baker, Malmkjær, p. 153 Jump up ^ Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual of English Rhetoric, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, ISBN 0 - 559 - 76232 - 1, p. 18 ^ Jump up to : Baker, Malmkjær, p. 154 ^ Jump up to : Baker, Malmkjær, p. 153 Sources Baker, Mona ; Malmkjær, Kirsten ( 1998 ). Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies. Routledge. ISBN 0 - 415 - 09380 - 5. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metaphrase&oldid=825266031 '' Categories : Translation studies Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Қазақша Norsk Polski Português Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 12 February 2018, at 12 : 10 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who suggested imitation as a method in translation
Answer: John Dryden