An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese

This paper investigates the strategies of translating metaphors and similes from English into Vietnamese, adopting the framework of metaphor translation proposed by Newmark (1988). The study attempts to find out the strategies used in rendering metaphors and similes in two translated versions. The d...

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1. Verfasser:	Trần Văn Vỹ
Weitere Verfasser:	TS. Lê Thị Giao Chi
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Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng 2024
Schlagworte:	English language Ngôn ngữ Anh the thorn birds translating metaphors
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spelling	oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-4152025-03-24T13:37:04Z An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese LVTHSI2021-8220201-015 Trần Văn Vỹ TS. Lê Thị Giao Chi English language Ngôn ngữ Anh the thorn birds translating metaphors This paper investigates the strategies of translating metaphors and similes from English into Vietnamese, adopting the framework of metaphor translation proposed by Newmark (1988). The study attempts to find out the strategies used in rendering metaphors and similes in two translated versions. The data of the study were collected from the famous novel “The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCulough, and its two Vietnamese translational versions: “Tiếng chim hót trong bụi mận” by Phạm Mạnh Hùng and “Những con chim ẩn mình chờ chết” by Trung Dũng. The study figures out the occurrence frequency of seven strategies and the factors affecting the choice of each strategy. It also clarifies the similarities and differences between the rendering of metaphors and similes across English and Vietnamese in the two versions. Although the applications of seven strategies in the two versions are different, it can be inferred that both translators could have made successful attempts in maintaining the equivalent effect in metaphor translation. The results accordingly have provided practical implications for the teaching and learning of English in general, and for the work of translation, in particular. 2024-06-30T14:17:46Z 2024-06-30T14:17:46Z 2021 luanvanthacsi https://data.ufl.udn.vn//handle/UFL/415 en application/pdf Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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description	This paper investigates the strategies of translating metaphors and similes from English into Vietnamese, adopting the framework of metaphor translation proposed by Newmark (1988). The study attempts to find out the strategies used in rendering metaphors and similes in two translated versions. The data of the study were collected from the famous novel “The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCulough, and its two Vietnamese translational versions: “Tiếng chim hót trong bụi mận” by Phạm Mạnh Hùng and “Những con chim ẩn mình chờ chết” by Trung Dũng. The study figures out the occurrence frequency of seven strategies and the factors affecting the choice of each strategy. It also clarifies the similarities and differences between the rendering of metaphors and similes across English and Vietnamese in the two versions. Although the applications of seven strategies in the two versions are different, it can be inferred that both translators could have made successful attempts in maintaining the equivalent effect in metaphor translation. The results accordingly have provided practical implications for the teaching and learning of English in general, and for the work of translation, in particular.
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title	An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese
title_short	An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese
title_full	An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese
title_fullStr	An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese
title_full_unstemmed	An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese
title_sort	investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into vietnamese
publisher	Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng
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An investigation into strategies of translating metaphors and similes in “the thorn birds” by colleen mcculough into Vietnamese

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