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metaphors, there are many other degrees of translatability. The main objective of this paper is to explore some of the techniques of metaphor translation between effortless translatability and total untranslatability by pursuing an inductive approach togeth. with a description of the procedures and strategies used. Keywords: ana.
metaphor before discussing the complexity of its translation. 1. According to Hughes (1966) “A metaphor is commonly defined as an implied comparison between two things unlike in most respects but alike in the respect in which they are compared.”2 2. Alice Deignan (2005) identified metaphor as “word or expression that is used to talk
Jan 12, 2022 · Between the totally untranslatable and easily translatable metaphors, there are many other degrees of translatability. The main objective of this paper is to explore some of the techniques of ...
Oct 28, 2014 · Some contradictory views on the limits of metaphor translatability have emerged from these studies: ξ Metaphors are untranslatable (Nida, 1964; Dagut, 1976). ξ Metaphors are fully translatable (i.e. metaphor translation is no different than translation in general) (Reiss, 1971; Mason, 1982).
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Dec 21, 2022 · In his discussion of Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay ‘The Task of the Translator’ (1923), Venuti highlights a number of features that demonstrate an instrumentalism at play: Benjamin’s insistence on the untranslatable; his references to organic metaphors of fruit and skin for the original as opposed to cloak and king for a translation; and most notably, Benjamin’s reference to a ...
Dec 1, 1995 · Adopting a metaphor to a new context a translator can choose among three possibilities: he or she can use an exact equivalent of the original metaphor (M→M procedure); he or she can seek another metaphorical phrase which would express a similar sense (M 1 →M 2 procedure); finally, he or she can replace an untranslatable metaphor of the ...
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Nov 4, 2023 · 19.1 Introduction. Regarding the relationship between metaphor and translation, domestic scholars such as Sun (2017) and Liao and Li (2016) provide a systematic report on the development in the past four or five decades at home and abroad. In the 1960s and 1970s, the academic circle emphasized the common ground of metaphor across languages and ...
