As a non-native speaker, I do not fully understand the meaning of the term "to become controversial" in the following text, which I have to translate into German:
Where translators have made their presence felt they have become controversial, with those who characteristically intervene, seeking to domesticate texts, contrasted with those who foreignise, supposedly allowing other languages to alter our own.
Best Answer
What this is trying to say is "when a translator makes their presence felt, that act generates controversy". That is, a translator who makes their own changes to the text that might not be justified by the original, causes people to become upset about those changes.