Specifically, it will focus on Nabokov's approach to translation. Grammatical translations require only minimal discursive abilities and have no artistic value.
Free translation is understood as a true romantic translation.
But the ultimate form of translation for Novalis is mythical translation that recreates not the work itself but its ideal. The methods changed along with the change in this understanding. It is not difficult to see that Nabokov's translation theory is at odds with the Poundian influence that largely informed Western and especially Anglo-American theory and practice in the 20th century. Having traced Benjamin's and Nabokov's theoretical origin to its romantic roots, one cannot fail to notice, however, the vertiginous gap their approach opens up between theory and practice.