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- Title
The Strategy of Metaphor Translation: Domestication or Foreignization.
- Authors
Xuedong Shi
- Abstract
This paper studies the application of domestication and foreignization in translating metaphors. It introduces these two translating approaches, aiming to explore their uses in the metaphor translation. Following an overview of domestication and foreignization, this paper analyzes the guide lines of translating metaphors through a close study of many examples. This paper also explores the choices between the two strategies, trying to find the tendency in using the two approaches.
- Subjects
METAPHOR; TRANSLATIONS; LANGUAGE &; languages; FIGURES of speech; METONYMS; TRANSLATING &; interpreting
- Publication
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 2014, Vol 4, Issue 4, p766
- ISSN
1799-2591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4304/tpls.4.4.766-770