Translating Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese Stock News Report: A Web-Based Study
- Mei Liang
- Jiafeng Liu
Abstract
Previous studies of stock news report mainly focused on the identification of conceptual metaphors in Chinese or English stock news report. Few of them further analyzed the translation strategies of conceptual metaphors between English and Chinese. Basing on the analysis of Chinese stock news report on FORBESCHINA.COM, this paper investigates conceptual metaphors of UP and DOWN, LOCOMOTION and WAR, and discusses their translation strategies: maintaining original conceptual metaphor, substituting original conceptual metaphor, and deleting the original conceptual metaphor with meaning-kept.
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- DOI:10.5539/ells.v5n3p118
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