Translating metaphors that function as characterisation technique in narrative fiction

Bibliographic Data

ID20156324
AuthorsAlet Kruger (Center for Applied Linguistics, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume7
Issue3-4
Pages289-298
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387
PublisherUnisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.1080/02564719108529991
OpenAlexW2042797117
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

If the interdependence of the intratextual components of narrative texts is not taken into account in the translation of metaphorical expressions, the target text characters can become deviant mutants of the characters in the source text. This has important implications for the translated text as such and for the evaluation of the translated novel as a literary work of art. Opsomming Die interafhanklikheid van die intratekstuele komponente van die narratiewe teks moet altyd in ag geneem word, veral wanneer metaforiese uitdrukkings vertaal word. Indien dit nie gedoen word nie, kan die karakters van die vertaalde teks in mutante van die karakters van die oorspronklike ontaard. Dié feit het noodwendig implikasies vir die vertaalde teks as sodanig en vir die evaluering van die vertaalde roman as literêre werk

Art · Biology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Translation Studies and Practices

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