It is common for people to approach a foreign literary work via its translation; therefore, whether the readers can enjoy a translation text that successfully conveys the author’s intention is a concern to many researchers. In this study, with a view to assess the quality of the translation of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the researcher utilizes the schema of Translation Quality Assessment proposed by House. | AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF “THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNCHAPTER XX” USING HOUSE’S TRANSLATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODEL Hoang Thi Diem Hang* Faculty of Language Education, VNU University of Languages and International Studies, Pham Van Dong, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 17 July 2018 Revised 29 January 2019; Accepted 30 January 2019 Abstract: It is common for people to approach a foreign literary work via its translation; therefore, whether the readers can enjoy a translation text that successfully conveys the author’s intention is a concern to many researchers. In this study, with a view to assess the quality of the translation of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the researcher utilizes the schema of Translation Quality Assessment proposed by House. The application of House’s Translation Quality Assessment shows that although the translation text achieves some success and conveys most of the author’s message, it still reveals a number of mismatches in comparison with the source text, among which the inability to render America-African vernacular language results in a great loss of the target text. In addition, the ideational component of the translation text is also affected by overtly erroneous mistakes. On the basis of such findings, implications for literary translation are drawn. Keywords: translation quality assessment, literary translation, House’s TQA model 1. Introduction 1 People all over the world are now getting closer and closer thanks to many factors, among which literature is an important one. Not only can readers entertain but they can also approach the cultures of a far away country while staying at their home. However, naturally, not everyone is competent enough to read the original text. Therefore, the readers normally choose to read translation texts. The increasing number of translations available calls for the need of assessing the quality of such works so that the readers can enjoy reliable ones. Given .
