An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents

This thesis deals with simile, metaphor and metonymy in “The Life We Were Given” and the translation problems of these stylistic devices. The data is 360 samples (228 simile, 92 metaphor and 42 metonymies) collected in “The Life We Were Given” and its Vietnamese translation version – “Những M...

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spelling oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-10922025-03-09T03:53:15Z An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents Lvths2015-60.22.02.01-23 stylistic devices the life we were given translational equivalents This thesis deals with simile, metaphor and metonymy in “The Life We Were Given” and the translation problems of these stylistic devices. The data is 360 samples (228 simile, 92 metaphor and 42 metonymies) collected in “The Life We Were Given” and its Vietnamese translation version – “Những Mảnh Đời Được Ban Tặng”. The quantitative method, descriptive and analytical method, qualitative method, and contrastive method are exploited in order to help the researcher achieve the aims and objectives proposed. After studying the findings of the thesis, we also recognize that the translator has applied many different translation procedures which are suggested by Peter Newmark to render simile, metaphor and metonymy from English into Vietnamese. Among which, literal translation is the most used procedures for translating simile, metaphor and metonymy as well. Besides literal translation, some procedures such as reduction and expansion are quite commonly-used in translation. Finally, basing on the findings and results of this study, some implications for translation are proposed. During the translation process, the translator must grasp theory of translation and stylistic devices. Furthermore, for the common images in both source language and target language, literal translation seems to be the most effective procedure to render. 2025-03-09T03:53:09Z 2025-03-09T03:53:09Z 2015 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1092 en application/pdf Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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topic stylistic devices
the life we were given
translational equivalents
spellingShingle stylistic devices
the life we were given
translational equivalents
An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
description This thesis deals with simile, metaphor and metonymy in “The Life We Were Given” and the translation problems of these stylistic devices. The data is 360 samples (228 simile, 92 metaphor and 42 metonymies) collected in “The Life We Were Given” and its Vietnamese translation version – “Những Mảnh Đời Được Ban Tặng”. The quantitative method, descriptive and analytical method, qualitative method, and contrastive method are exploited in order to help the researcher achieve the aims and objectives proposed. After studying the findings of the thesis, we also recognize that the translator has applied many different translation procedures which are suggested by Peter Newmark to render simile, metaphor and metonymy from English into Vietnamese. Among which, literal translation is the most used procedures for translating simile, metaphor and metonymy as well. Besides literal translation, some procedures such as reduction and expansion are quite commonly-used in translation. Finally, basing on the findings and results of this study, some implications for translation are proposed. During the translation process, the translator must grasp theory of translation and stylistic devices. Furthermore, for the common images in both source language and target language, literal translation seems to be the most effective procedure to render.
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title An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
title_short An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
title_full An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
title_fullStr An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
title_full_unstemmed An investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
title_sort investigation into stylistic devices used in “the life we were given” by dana sachs and their vietnamese translational equivalents
publisher Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
publishDate 2025
url https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1092
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