Metaphor Translation in Popular Science

From Minds to Languages

Sui He

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Routledge
30 December 2024

Semantics; Translation & interpretation; Literature: history & criticism; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Popular science

Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

This book explores the intersection of metaphor studies and translation studies, specifically focusing on popular scientific articles.

The volume complements existing work on conceptual metaphor theory in translation by aligning it with conceptual blending theory to demonstrate how an integrated approach offers a more expansive understanding of the cognitive and linguistic dimensions of metaphor translation. It includes an essential introduction to the key concepts and theories in metaphor studies and metaphor translation research, discerning the importance of localising theories from neighbouring disciplines, such as metaphor studies, for advancing interdisciplinary research in translation studies. Sui He applies this approach to popular cosmological discourse, analysing examples from articles in Scientific American and their Chinese translations, allowing for a nuanced examination of translation strategies adopted by translators at both cognitive and linguistic levels, which presents the circulation and transformation of popular cosmological knowledge from English in two Chinese-mediated communities.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, metaphor studies, and discourse analysis.

By: Sui He
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032620633
ISBN 10: 1032620633
Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 30 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sui He is Lecturer in Chinese– English Translation and Interpretation at Swansea University, UK.