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Metaphor in translation

Possibilities for process research

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This chapter explores potential benefits of closer interaction between metaphor studies and translation process research. It presents some developments within translation studies that make use of conceptual metaphor theory and illustrates some process research methods for investigating metaphors. The chapter considers a number of methodological recommendations and argues that the need to take full account of insights from metaphor studies and associated disciplines is of greatest importance. Another significant potential innovation is the use of a multilingual approach in respect of both product- and process-oriented studies in order to increase both the amount and the generality of data available for analysis. Thirdly, it is important to extend the current source-text (ST) oriented approach. The chapter concludes by suggesting some options for triangulating data gathered through a combination of methods.

  • Affiliations: 1: Aston University, UK; 2: University College London, UK

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    2006 Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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  6. Göpferich, Susanne
    2008 Translationsprozessforschung. Stand, Methoden, Perspektiven. Tübingen: Narr.
     [Google Scholar]
  7. Jakobsen, Arnt Lykke , Kristian T.H. Jensen , and Inger M. Mees
    2007 “Comparing Modalities: Idioms as a Case in Point.” InInterpreting Studies and Beyond. A Tribute to Miriam Shlesinger, ed. by Franz Pöchhacker , Arnt Lykke Jakobsen , and Inger M. Mees , 217–249. Copenhagen: Samfundslitteratur.
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    2000 Kreatives Übersetzen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg.
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  10. 2003 “Der Professionalität auf der Spur.” InTraducta Navis. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Christiane Nord, ed. by Britta Nord , and Peter A. Schmitt , 131–149. Tübingen: Stauffenburg.
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    1993 “The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor.” InMetaphor and Thought, 2nd ed., ed. by Andrew Ortony , 202–251. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139173865.013
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    1980 Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226470993.001.0001
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    1999 What Happens to Metaphorical Expressions Relating to ‘Comprehension’ in the Processes and Products of Translation? A Think-Aloud Protocol Study. A Pro Gradu thesis, Savonlinna School of Translation Studies. University of Savonlinna.
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  14. Mauranen, Anna , and Pekka Kujamäki
    (eds) 2004 Translation Universals. Do They Exist?Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/btl.48
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    2004 Introducing Corpora in Translation Studies. London: Routledge.
     [Google Scholar]
  16. Schäffner, Christina
    2004 “Metaphor and Translation: Some Implications of a Cognitive Approach.” Journal of Pragmatics36: 1253–1269. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.10.012
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2003.10.012 [Google Scholar]
  17. Shuttleworth, Mark
    2011 “Translational Behaviour at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge: A Multilingual Investigation into Popular Science Metaphor in Translation.” Translator17 (2): 301–323. [Special Issue: Science in Translation.] doi: 10.1080/13556509.2011.10799491
     https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2011.10799491 [Google Scholar]
  18. Sjørup, Annette C
    2008 “Metaphor Comprehension in Translation: Methodological Issues in a Pilot Study.” InLooking at Eyes. Eye-Tracking Studies of Reading and Translation Processing [Copenhagen Studies in Language, 36], ed. by Susanne Göpferich , Arnt Lykke Jakobsen , and Inger M. Mees , 53–77. Copenhagen: Samfundslitteratur.
     [Google Scholar]
  19. 2011 “Cognitive Effort in Metaphor Translation: An Eye-Tracking Study.” InCognitive Explorations of Translation, ed. by Sharon O’Brien , 197–214. London: Continuum.
     [Google Scholar]
  20. Tirkkonen-Condit, Sonja
    2001 “Metaphors in Translation Processes and Products.” Quaderns. Revista de traducció6: 11–15.
     [Google Scholar]
  21. 2002 “Metaphoric Expressions in Translation Processes.” Across Languages and Cultures3 (1): 101–116. doi: 10.1556/Acr.3.2002.1.8
     https://doi.org/10.1556/Acr.3.2002.1.8 [Google Scholar]
  22. van Dijk, Teun A
    1995 “Interdisciplinarity.” Discourse and Society6 (4): 459–460. doi: 10.1177/0957926595006004001
     https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926595006004001 [Google Scholar]

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