Un'alternativa alla corretta interpretazione di Maria Luisa è costituita dall'altra dicotomia foreignisation vs. domestication, ampiamente utilizzata dai teorici della traduzione. In sostanza cambia solo il modo di definire il concetto, che come si vede dall'esempio è identico.

The trend of the foreignizing method replacing the domesticating method is a natural development because the readers demand to know the foreign as it is.

From a historical perspective, let’s take novels for example. Traditionally, what is important in a novel is its plot, its events and sequence. A novel in its origin and essence is just like a kind of story. So when doing translation of a novel, the key demand is to transfer the plot, the development of the facts. Its aesthetic value is largely neglected. As time goes by, we begin to realize that the important thing in novel is not just “what it says” but also “how it says”, because many novels do the narration in a modernized style which has add importance to the form of the novel. The method of narration got its importance.