Translating specialized metaphors in technical discourse : an analysis of 'Foundations of Engineering' and its Malay translation 'Asas Kejuruteraan'
This doctoral study explores whether engineering metaphors are used in the translation of an engineering text from English to Malay and examines how the usage of metaphors in the target text (TT) compares to that in the source text (ST). The study focuses on Holtzapple and Reeseâs âFoundations of Engineeringâ and its Malay version âAsas Kejuruteraanâ translated by Juneta Zawawi. The âMetaphor Identification Procedureâ (MIP) by the Pragglejaz Group is applied in the process of gathering examples while the Cognitive Metaphor Theory is used for the purposes of metaphor analysis. A combination of Newmarkâs (1988), Deignanâs (2005) and Lakoff and Johnsonâs (1980) classifications of metaphor are used to categorize the SL and TL metaphorical expressions. Metaphor translation procedures identified were benchmarked to those proposed by Newmark (1988). Analysis of the 174 ST and 82 TT engineering metaphors reveals that the use of metaphorical language does indeed characterize the English technical text and its translation into Malay. Identifying equivalence in the TL discloses somewhat similar problems to those that are present in literary metaphor translation. The ease of translation and the identification
Abdullah, Sharmini
Translating specialized metaphors in technical discourse : an analysis of 'Foundations of Engineering' and its Malay translation 'Asas Kejuruteraan'. This doctoral study explores whether engineering metaphors are used in the translation of an engineering text from English to Malay and examines how the usage of metaphors in the target text (TT) compares to that in the source text (ST). The study focuses on Holtzapple and Reeseâs âFoundations of Engineeringâ and its Malay version âAsas Kejuruteraanâ translated by Juneta Zawawi. The âMetaphor Identification Procedureâ (MIP) by the Pragglejaz Group is applied in the process of gathering examples while the Cognitive Metaphor Theory is used for the purposes of metaphor analysis. A combination of Newmarkâs (1988), Deignanâs (2005) and Lakoff and Johnsonâs (1980) classifications of metaphor are used to categorize the SL and TL metaphorical expressions. Metaphor translation procedures identified were benchmarked to those proposed by Newmark (1988). Analysis of the 174 ST and 82 TT engineering metaphors reveals that the use of metaphorical language does indeed characterize the English technical text and its translation into Malay. Identifying equivalence in the TL discloses somewhat similar problems to those that are present in literary metaphor translation. The ease of translation and the identification
translating specialized metaphor technical discourse_analysis foundations engineering malay translation doctoral study_explore whether engineering metaphor use translation engineering text english malay examine usage metaphor target_text compare source_text study_focus foundations engineering malay version translate metaphor identification procedure group apply process gathering examples cognitive metaphor theory used purpose metaphor analysis combination newmark lakoff_johnson classification metaphor use categorize metaphorical_expression metaphor_translation procedure identify propose newmark analysis engineering metaphor reveals use metaphorical_language indeed characterize english technical text translation malay identifying equivalence disclose somewhat similar problem present literary metaphor_translation ease translation identification