信:忠实可信,我们已经做到;
达:达意通顺,我们也已做到;
雅:文字优雅,是新语丝一直努力的方向。
“faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance” has been considered essential to make a good translation since first promoted by yan fu in the late 9th century.
faithfulness: being faithful and true to the source text,
which we have successfully achieved;
expressiveness: being expressive and articulate, which we
have also successfully achieved;
elegance: exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner,
form, or style, which we have been working
on persistently.