【正确答案】 1、正确答案：Free translation is a type of translation that reproduces the general meaning of the original text and in which more attention is paid to meaning instead of form or structure and to producing a natural target text. Let"s take "Homer sometimes nods" for example. If translated literally, it would be "荷马有时也打盹" in Chinese, with the original meaning lost in translation: if translated by a free approach, it can be "智者千虑， 必有一失" , which can be comprehended by all the Chinese readers, and the original meaning is fully preserved. Let"s look at another example:"山雨欲来风满楼" , which is freely translated into "A turbulent situation foretells a big event" instead of the literal translation that "The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains. "