Problems in Translating Metaphors in Political Campaign Speeches: A Descriptive-Analytical Study

Susanne Ramadan Shunnaq, Adel Abu Radwan, Hassan Shuqair
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This study examines Sultan Qaboos University senior translation students’ renditions of metaphors taken from speeches delivered as part of the 2016 US presidential election campaign. An explanatory mixed-methods approach is used to determine, firstly, students’ recognition of the metaphor as a construct; secondly, their translation of identified metaphors and the ensuing difficulties they encountered owing to linguistic, rhetorical, and/or cultural considerations; and finally the strategies they adopted to overcome these difficulties. The findings reveal that the students encountered difficulties recognising certain metaphors in the English texts (STs) and faced considerable challenges in translating them appropriately into the target language (TL), which is Arabic. The study concludes with recommendations for translation teachers and translator trainers.
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政治竞选演说中隐喻翻译的问题:描述分析研究
本研究考察了苏丹卡布斯大学翻译专业大四学生对2016年美国总统竞选演讲中隐喻的演绎。首先,我们采用解释性混合方法来确定学生对隐喻作为一个构念的认知;其次,他们对已识别的隐喻的翻译以及由于语言、修辞和/或文化方面的考虑而遇到的困难;最后是他们为克服这些困难所采取的策略。研究结果表明,学生在识别英语文本中的某些隐喻方面存在困难,并且在将其适当地翻译成目的语(TL)时面临相当大的挑战。最后,对翻译教师和翻译培训人员提出了建议。
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ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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期刊介绍: ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries (http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research articles, studies and essays that address issues of English language, literature, teaching and translation. The guest editors, Jason Blake and Michelle Gadpaille, warmly invite contributors to submit original research for a special issue of the journal in honour of Margaret Atwood’s 80th birthday. Papers are solicited that focus on Atwood’s 21st-century work (excluding film and television adaptations). Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: Experiments in short prose and cross-generic forms Eco-critical engagement in prose or fiction; Apocalyptic Atwood Reception across cultures, languages and generations; global Atwood Translation and stylistic studies of 21st century works Poetic legacy Interdisciplinary approaches Humour.
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