In traditional fictional translation studies, much attention has been paid to transferring the content of the original, while the meaning of the linguistic form is left untouched upon.
A linguistic form.
Chinese couplets are usually known for the regular linguistic forms, significant meanings and high aesthetic values.
Guided by different purposes, the two translators in the present case produce two versions that differ a lot in linguistic form, linguistic content and linguistic style.
a relation between linguistic forms or constituents.
