A translation assessment of metaphors in Elif Shafak's Black Milk

Other Title(s)

تقييم لترجمة الاستعارات في رواية حليب أسود للكاتبة إيليف شفق

Author

Abu al-Timin, Farah Abbas

Source

Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Issue

Vol. 60, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2021), pp.567-590, 24 p.

Publisher

University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd

Publication Date

2021-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

24

Main Subjects

Literature

Topics

Abstract EN

This study attempts to assess the translation of metaphors in Elif Shafak's Black Milk using a framework proposed by Peter Newmark (1981).

Both the original and the translated texts are evaluated according to Newmark's strategies of rendering metaphors in order to determine whether the metaphorical image occurs at the same level or differently and to assess the strategies and translations made by the translator and their appropriateness.

Based on the findings, the results show that the most dominant strategy is the literal strategy by (55% ), followed by the sense strategy by (15.8% ), then there is the mix strategy by (7.5% ), following that the metaphor deleted strategy and addition of (lexical ties) strategy by (8.4% ), then there is the simile strategy by (4.1% ), followed by the simile plus sense strategy by (3.3% ), and the least dominant strategy is adaptation by (2.5% ).

American Psychological Association (APA)

Abu al-Timin, Farah Abbas. 2021. A translation assessment of metaphors in Elif Shafak's Black Milk. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 60, no. 4, pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296901

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Abu al-Timin, Farah Abbas. A translation assessment of metaphors in Elif Shafak's Black Milk. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 60, no. 4 (Dec. 2021), pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296901

American Medical Association (AMA)

Abu al-Timin, Farah Abbas. A translation assessment of metaphors in Elif Shafak's Black Milk. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2021. Vol. 60, no. 4, pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296901

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes Appendix : p. 584-590

Record ID

BIM-1296901