Keywords
Political Literature
Metaphor Translation
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Abstract
From the perspective of language output purpose, the translation of political literature should not only be readable by the international community, but also be able to convey their core language concepts and intended language purposes. Based on the conceptual integration theory, this paper analyzes four basic metaphorical conceptual network structures, namely, simplified domain network, mirror network, single domain network and double domain network, which combines with the metaphorical examples in the Government Work Report in recent years to deeply analyze the translation process of different metaphorical expressions from three approaches: literal translation, literal translation + amplification and free translation. The purpose of this study is to provide theoretical and empirical basis for the study of metaphor translation in Chinese political documents.
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