Galbovski emphasized the holistic nature of translation in his book "Translation Theory", believing that translation is a series of interrelated transformative behaviors. Literary translation needs to convey the content, artistic image, and aesthetic implications of the original text, with each local feature being subordinate to the author's overall artistic conception. Excellent literary translations rely on a comprehensive understanding of the original work in terms of semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic transformations. Taking Ge Baoquan's translation of "Song of Haiyan" as an example, this paper analyzes the application of the principle of integrity in literary translation.

1、 Overall understanding of the basic characteristics of 'Song of Haiyan'

The Song of Haiyan, as a prose poem by Gorky, is widely known in China through the translation by Ge Baoquan. Its success is attributed to the translator's profound understanding of the original work's ideological and artistic characteristics. The original work has profound ideological content and distinct emotions, shaping the image of Haiyan through fable form, contrasting with seagulls and expressing criticism and expectations for social reality and change. In terms of literary style, the work combines the characteristics of poetry and prose, using a rising and falling rhythm and disyllabic words to create a unique rhythm and rhyme. In terms of language style, the work is characterized by elaborate language, varied sentence structures, and the use of rich rhetorical devices such as personification, metaphor, and repetition, enhancing its infectiousness. These features constitute the integrity of the work and are key to grasping and conveying in translation.

2、 Creative language conversion under overall grasp

This article delves into the importance of creative language conversion in literary translation, using the translation of "Song of Haiyan" as an example to analyze how to effectively convert language while maintaining the original work's ideological content and artistic style. Mr. Ge Baoquan's translation achieves faithful reproduction and artistic recreation of the original work through the expression of emotional colors, the reshaping of prose poetry rhythm, the transformation of sentence structure, and the transposition of rhetorical devices.

3、 Conclusion

Literary translation requires a holistic understanding of the text, and translators should accurately convey the emotions and aesthetic values of the original work through creative language conversion. The translation of Ge Baoquan's "Song of Haiyan" combines preservation and reconstruction, utilizing Chinese language techniques to successfully reproduce the original style and demonstrate the importance of the principle of integrity in literary translation.