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Dwelling upon Metaphors: The Translation of William Gass’s Novellas

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper I will present a contextual approach to metaphor translation in literary discourse, with specific reference to a collection of novellas by contemporary American writer William H. Gass (1927-). Metaphor translation has been considered as exemplifying the limits of translatability (Van den Broeck, 1981) and has since intrigued a number of scholars in Translation Studies, who have tackled the issue from several points of view (prescriptive, contextual, descriptive and cognitive) and in relation to different types of discourse.

Source: Nordic Journal of English Studies

DOI: 10.35360/njes.50

Author: Enrico Monti

Institution: University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Translation Studies and Practices

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1945845309

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Cites: 12

Cited by: 24

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