Translation Strategy of Metaphorical Phrases from the Cultural Perspective

Translators frequently come across metaphors and similes, which are important ways of figure of speech. Figures of speech are actually vehicles of culture, and metaphorical phrases are the essence of human's culture. So the strategies adopted in the translation of metaphors and similes are the reflection of the translators' attitude towards culture. This paper holds the belief that foreignization should be the main translation strategy when dealing with the metaphorical phrases bearing cultural connotations.

The Impact of Cultural Context on Metaphorical Meaning in English and Chinese

Metaphor is a phenomenon of language use which is the most active and most able to reflect the cultural factor. Cultural context has a restrictive effect on the metaphorical meaning. Therefore, the understanding and use of metaphor must not be divorced from the underlying cultural context. This paper analyzes similarities and dissimilarities of metaphorical meaning and images in English and Chinese from the perspective of cultural context. The research of metaphor of cultural context would enable us to better understand metaphor and have a successful communication.

A Cognitive Study of Metaphorical Uses of HEAD,HAND and HEART in English and Chinese

This thesis,under the framework of cognitive linguistics and by applying Lakoff and Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory,is undertaken to make a comparison of HEAD,HEART and HAND between English and Chinese and study the similarities as well as differences and the causes for this.The SPSS and Chi-square Test are used to illustrate the conclusions.

Translation equivalence of metaphorical phrases

这篇文章是建立在奈达的动态对等的理论基础之上,分析了中文与英文的隐喻翻译的文化相似之处和差异,由此进一步探求了在翻译过程中为了保持翻译对等所必须遵循的原则和技巧。

The Metaphorical Analysis of Names in The Story of The Stone

The Story of The Stone is the peak of the art of the novel in ancient China. Its artistic achievement is displayed first of all in its dazzling array of characters. Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai, Yuanyang, Qingwen, and the others all have their distinct personalities and are true to life as if they were living amongst us. These richly complex characters with their different stations in life and divergent views and philosophies act out an intricate pattern of human relationships and conflicts within the Jia family mansion. Apart from their distinct ways of acting and speaking, the peculiarities of their appearances, dress and living arrangements, the names the author gave them also contribute a lot to the successful display of all these characters.

A Metaphorical Study on Conversions from Animal Nouns to Verbs in English

In the framework of metaphor theory,this paper tries to research conversions from animal nouns to verbs in English,and aims to help English learners to better understand this language phenomenon.First the paper explores the motivations of this language phenomenon,and points out that verbs converted from animal nouns can help enrich the vocabulary,make the expression vivid and concise,and achieve certain pragmatic effects as well.Second,it studies the mechanisms of the conversion by analyzing the mapping process and similarities between two domains.Last it points out the importance of the context and the geographic factor in understanding verbs converted from animal nouns.

Reflective Teaching-Learning Process of Integrating Metaphorical Thinking and Visual Imagery

Reflective teaching-learning methodology is a self evaluation technique adopted by teachers to promote motivation within one’s own self in order to make teaching-learning process more interesting and effective task. “If the teacher integrates mind tools such as metaphorical thinking and visual imagery in his/her reflective teaching methodology, the teaching-learning process becomes more challenging, the teacher will develop radiant or divergent thinking as the result teaching-learning process becomes learner centered. The work shop targets teachers or teacher trainees to get acquainted with the technique of practicing metaphorical thinking and visual imagery in reflective teaching methodology. Metaphorical thinking [1] is a natural phenomenon of the human brain to find similarity between two different universes of meaning. Visual imagery is another natural phenomenon in which human brain associates text material with structures in one’s own mind’s eye. Integrating these two mind tools consciously in reflective teaching-learning process transforms the teachers as well as teacher trainees to highly self motivated individuals.

Metaphorical Thinking and Information Processing Ability

Practice of Metaphorical thinking in understanding given information promotes the communication of the two hemispheres by a bundle of connecting fibres, the corpus callosum at neo cortex level and through hippocampus at the level of limbic system. Hence, metaphorical thinking helps learners to make connections and develop patterns and relationships in parallel to the language as well as symbols relevant to the given information.

A Study of Image-Schema-Based Metaphorical Extension of Verbal Polysemy

The researcher analyzes the distribution and types of image-schema-based metaphorical extension(or IS-based meta-extension) in the semantic extension of 203 polysemous verbs,which can be named as PVs and are randomly selected from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(2nd Edition,1993).She finds that IS-based meta-extension is pervasive in the semantic extension of verbal polysemy.Specif ically,she f inds 77.83% of the samples can be analyzed in terms of IS-based Meta-extension,and PVs that can be analyzed in terms of path-IS-based,force-IS-based,containerIS-based,path+force-IS-based,and path+container-IS-based metaphorical extension,together making up 70.44% of the samples.

The Multidimensional Description and Investigation of New Color Terms:A Metaphorical Cognitive Approach

This article studies the new color terms in Chinese.It first classifies the color terms from four linguistic aspects:pronunciation,grammar,semantics,linguistic context and the theory of "Four Worlds," namel,language,physics,culture,and psychology.It then summarizes all the characteristics of the new color terms.The study takes questionnaires as supplementary data,explores and proves the interactive relationship between metaphorical expression and cognitive psychology of new color words.The life span of such new color terms is also discussed.

Metaphorical Study of Translation of Chinese Words

In this paper,we conduct an empirical study of Metaphorical Cognition and Translation of Chinese Words.Traditionally,metaphor is viewed as a figure of speech.The traditional theory regards metaphor as a phenomenon of language,a figurative phenomenon of words.But metaphor is not only a phenomenon of language,but more importantly it is a cognitive phenomenon of human beings'.So this paper starts with the function of metaphor.We analyze metaphorical words and phrases carefully,and finally conclude out papers with some translating skills and principles based on the level of metaphorical cognition.The proper and flexible use of these principles and skills,we think,can do good to the betterment of translating lexical words.We hope that the research will contribute to the translation of metaphors as well.

A Cognitive Comparative Analysis of UP-DOWN Metaphorical Extension in Chinese and English

This paper aims at making some research on spatial metaphor from cognitive angle.Spatial metaphor is a basic tool which can make us more familiar with our world,and lots of abstract concepts are based on it.Take "UP-DOWN" for example,this paper will mainly discuss the symmetry and dissymmetry of its extension in Chinese and English.

Cultural Connotations of Metaphorical Animal Phrases and Their Translation

Communication cross cultures is becoming more and more frequent and extensive.In our case,cross-cultural communication refers to that between English and Chinese-both in culture and language.Due to different traditions,cultures,social mentality,there exist vast differences between English and Chinese.This paper,based on a large number of convincing examples and from the angle of cultural analysis,explores the differences and similarities of the metaphorical meaning of animal words between the English and Chinese languages in order to account for the cultural connotation and its interaction with translation.

An Experimental Study on Metaphorical Teaching Method in College English Students＇ Listening

In recent years, college English teaching has been undergoing great reform. Ministry of National Euducation has extended more and more attention on students＇ speaking and listening ability. To master a language is based on what people hear and understand. Thus, listening comprehension is vital in the college language teaching. In this critical moment, there should be a pratical and effective theory to advance the quality and efficiency of listening teaching and contribute to the whole college language teaching reform. Thus, this experimental research is on the basis of metaphor theory to find a way to improve students＇listening comprehension.

A Study on the Metaphorical Translation of Pound’s Book of Songs from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

The Book of Songs is the first collection of Poems in China,which is a very important milestone in the history of Chinese literature.There are abundant metaphorical expressions in The Book of Songs,providing valuable resources for linguistics,rhetoric and literature research.This study selects the most representative metaphors of women and marriage in The Book of Songs as the research object.Guided by Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory,this study explores the metaphorical translation in Pound’s Book of Songs from the perspective of cognitive effect.It is found that Pound mainly adopts the translation strategies of vehicle equivalence,vehicle conversion and metaphor to simile in the process of translating female metaphors and marriage metaphors in The Book of Songs.

From Metaphorical View to the Semantic of Particle Verb

Particle verbs can be said to possess some degree of semantic integral character in assembly of the verb plus particle.The recent cognitive study,particularly the metaphorical view,looksmuch deeper into the process of semantic formation of particle verbs,maintaining that it is the metaphorical extension in both the verb and the particle.The cognitive linguistic views on language developed in the last two decades set up the basis of the present study on particle verb.

Analysis on the Metaphorical Structure of Education Discourses

Cognitive linguistics has gained more and more attention over the years since it provides new horizon to understand language in relation to human experience. At present, it is of prevalence to study education from the linguistic perspective. This paper tends to center on education discourses, both written texts and educational practices, and understand their underlying cognitive or cultural models by resorting to the metaphorical theory in cognitive linguistics.

Metaphorical Study on Color Terms in "Gone with the wind"

The metaphorical meaning of color terms can make language more vivid.The use of metaphorical meaning of color terms in the works by many authors can make it more attractive.The paper discusses the metaphorical meaning of color terms through data collection and analyzes how the author use the metaphorical meaning of color terms to express cruel war and bright future.

Metaphorical Construction of Marriage among Kenyan Swahili Speakers

This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn from“Mawaidha na Bi.Msafwari”a programme aired on Citizen TV(a Kenyan TV station)every Saturday evening after the seven o’clock news.The metaphors are then subjected to analysis using The Conceptual Metaphor Theory.The study concludes that marriage is construed in different ways by Kenyan Swahili speakers,it is conceptualized as a house,an eatery,a prison,a school,a journey,a road,a body,a government/kingdom,a garden,a war,a relationship and as a baby.The various conceptualizations by Kenyans determine their attitudes and general orientation towards marriage.