Sökning: "Conceptual metaphor in translation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 uppsatser innehållade orden Conceptual metaphor in translation.
1. Translating Metaphors An Analysis of the Translation of Conceptual Metaphors from English to Swedish in an Academic Text
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This essay investigates the author’s translation of a non-fiction text about literary theory. The study examines the metaphors found in the original text and how they have been translated from English to Swedish. The analysis uses Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) description of conceptual metaphors to categorize the metaphors found in the text. LÄS MER
2. Translating metaphors : an English to Swedish translation analysis based on conceptual metaphor theory
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This paper analyzes the author’s own translation of a metaphor dense non-fiction text and investigates how metaphors have been translated from English to Swedish. The analysis mainly draws on Schäffner’s 2004 study that views metaphors on two levels, micro and macro, and Newmark’s 1981 prescriptive framework. LÄS MER
3. Metaphors and Japan : Translating Conceptual Metaphors from a Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The metaphor is known for creating problems when it comes to translation, not only because of cultural aspects but also because of a lack of a unified terminology and theory for translation strategies. This also applies to conceptual metaphors which are the subject of analysis in this paper where an English survival guide to the Japanese culture has been translated into Swedish. LÄS MER
4. La possibilité d’un transfert culturel : Stratégies de traduction des noms propres et des métaphores dans un texte socio-politique
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to analyse the translation strategies used in order to translate a socio-political text from French to Swedish with focus on proper names and metaphors. Proper names and metaphors are deeply culture rooted and containers of specific elements familiar only to an initiated audience. LÄS MER
5. Metaphorical mountainscapes : Translating metaphors, similes and metonymy in an adventure travel guide
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This study examines the translation of an adventure travel guide from English to Swedish, focusing on the translation of conventional metaphors, original metaphors, metonymy and similes, with special attention to conceptual metaphors. The results show that most of the metaphors are reproduced in the target text, along with most of the metonymic segments and all similes. LÄS MER
