Pragmatics of proverb translation

The case of English and Persian

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ID21826010
AutoresManoochehr Tavangar (University of Isfahan), Masoumeh Diyanati (0000-0001-7065-0955, University of Isfahan), Mohammad Amouzadeh (0000-0001-8964-7967, University of Isfahan)
Ano2022
Volume18
Fascículo1
Páginas131-150
Data de publicação2022-05-25
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLodz Papers in Pragmatics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1895-6106 • E-ISSN: 1898-4436
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/lpp-2022-0006
OpenAlexW4312821877
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas33

This paper examines a number of proverbs in English and Persian to shed light on certain pragmatic issues involved in translation. By analyzing three sets of data within the pragmatic framework, we found that the translatability of proverbs should be characterized as a continuum, rather a clear-cut dichotomy. Depending on the universality or culture-specificity of background cultural information associated with proverbs, three main categories, namely translatables, semi-translatables, and untranslatables are proposed. These categories fall along different points on a postulated continuum of translatability. Our study also shows that implicatures and presuppositions, when applicable to translatability, influence it in an incontrovertible manner. On top of this, the indubitable role of metaphor in the conceptualization of proverbs, and as a result, on the translatability of them is acknowledged

Conceptualization · Linguistics · Metaphor · Persian · Pragmatics · Presupposition · Sociology · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices

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