Categories and

subcategories of
literary translation

Prose-based category Verse-based category

Proses follow a natural style of Verses contain a rhythm and
language, lacking rhyme and structure as well as a rhyme and
meter. It is typically seen in meter. It is found in poetry and
everyday communication many other literary works

Plays
Novels
It is the translation of
It is the translation of
theatrical stories, including
imaginative stories extensive
the dialogues between
in lenght andcomplexity.
characters in the stage.

Short stories
Similar to novels but simpler
shorter in lenght.
Poetries
It is the translation of
emotions transmited through
language using phonetics,
word meaning and rhythm.

Haikus
Biography
Translation of poems lacking
It is the translation of the
rhythm and formed by three
telling of the life of an
lines with five, seven, and five
individual.
syllables, respectively.

Blank verses
Folk tales
Include the translation of
It is the translation of stories
poetry without rhythm but a
passed down through multiple
with a present meter. Often
generation. It include fairy
written with ten syllables in
tales, legends, and more.
each line.

References
https://faculty.uobasrah.edu.iq/uploads/teaching/1666513767.pdf
https://conalti.org/en/literary-translation/

https://www.academia.edu/21596357/Translation_Studies_3rd_Ed_-_Bassnett_Susan_Routledge_
https://www.britannica.com/art/haiku

https://testbook.com/key-differences/difference-between-prose-and-verse

https://www.britannica.com/art/novel
https://www.britannica.com/art/short-story
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html

https://literarydevices.net/play/

https://www.britannica.com/art/poetry https://www.britannica.com/art/blank-verse