Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper aims to present a theoretical instrument which could help young translators in the difficult task of translating a subtle and complicated art form: poetry. Apart from the linguistic, aesthetic, and sociocultural problems, the translator also faces some other problematic points in translating poetry, namely the lack of a wider context which entangles the interpretation, and the challenges set by the compact and condensed form of a poem. In this paper we attempt to present an approach in teaching translation of poetry by using conceptual integration – a mental activity which refers to a set of cognitive operations for combining words, images, and ideas in a network of ‟mental spaces” in order to create meaning.
Author: Delia Georgeta Cupurdija
Institution: University of Zagreb
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410462853