Metaphorical Expressions in Translation Process

Research Objectivity

The hypothesis being tested is the \"cognitve translation hypothesis\

The Theoretical Basis

Introduction

A Test with Idioms in Sentences

Experiment Objectivity: to identify traces of domain conflict

Experiment material: items which do not tolerate literal translation; items to be compared are those that require a shift of domain and those require no shift of domain

Tests with Non-literal or Metaphoric Items in Textual Context

Cognitive Translation Hypothesis

Process

Results

The Big Issue Text

Phase 1

Phase 2

The Football Text

Think-aloud Experiments

A clear-cut division into similar domain versus different domain instances is difficult.

The compatibility with the global domain may attribute to difficulty of translation.

Possible Improvements

Translation difficulty for an idiom depends on the availability of translation equivalents which are equally conventional.

The think-aloud materail reveals instances of domain conflict in which the translator gets stagnated to the source language domain.

Authentic-like translation experiments do not give much support to the hypothesis that translation takes place primarily through word association

Considerations of global domain compativility also attribute to difficulty in translation and constrain the translation strategy.

Conclusion

Conlcuison

Metaphorical Expressions in Translation Process