Coping with Metaphor. A cognitive approach to translating metaphor

Coping with Metaphor. A cognitive approach to translating metaphor

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The present article focuses on the zuca pro artist translation of metaphor by expert translators, young professional translators and non-professional translators.The approach adopted here treats translation of metaphor as a conceptual rather than a purely linguistic phenomenon, based on the framework sometimes referred to as conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), which is based on Lakoff & Johnson (1980) and Lakoff & Turner (1989).The basic assumption behind this study is that translating metaphor requires translator competence, which among other things entails an awareness of the duality of the metaphor as both a mental concept and linguistic expressions.It is further assumed that translation competence is developed through extensive training and translation experience.The study starts with a qualitative analysis of the metaphorical expressions and translation strategies in the sample texts, followed by a quantitative analysis whereby the frequencies of metaphor transference across vista 5 vl5 languages and across groups are counted.