Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Management, Education and Social Science (ICMESS 2018)

An Exploration of Communicative Translation Strategies for Chinese Political Metaphors

Authors
Yuhong Huang, Ting Liao
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Yuhong Huang
Available Online June 2018.
DOI
10.2991/icmess-18.2018.348How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Political metaphors; Communicative translation; Ideological influence; Cultural default; Translation strategies
Abstract

This paper analyzes how political metaphors can be manipulated by translators in order to preserve the flavor of source texts as well as achieve intended communicative effects from the perspective of Communicative Translation Theory. Through categorizing metaphors in The Governance of China and taking the influencing factors into account, translation strategies for four quintessential types of metaphors are explored. It argues that translation strategies including domestication, conversion of metaphor to sense, omission as well as combination of literal translation and annotation are practical approaches to retain original flavor as well as obtain intended communicative effects.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Management, Education and Social Science (ICMESS 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
June 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-520-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icmess-18.2018.348How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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