• Original research article
  • March 1, 2016
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AUTHOR’S METAPHOR AND SPECIFICS OF ITS TRANSLATION (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE NOVEL BY M. LEVY “ET SI C’ETAIT VRAI...” AND ITS TRANSLATIONS INTO THE RUSSIAN, ITALIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The article examines the conception of metaphor, its types and its difference from the comparison. The author provides comparative analysis of the novel by M. Levy “Et si c’était vrai…” and its translations into the Russian, Italian and English languages. The paper analyses the adequacy of transferring author’s metaphor and its variations (synesthesia, personification, metaphorical comparison) into the language of translation. Finally the researcher summarizes the findings of the study and makes conclusions.

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Author information

Irina Aleksandrovna Likhodkina

Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

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  • Published: March 1, 2016.

Keywords

  • метафора
  • авторская метафора
  • троп
  • сравнение
  • синестезия
  • олицетворение
  • перевод
  • metaphor
  • author’s metaphor
  • trope
  • comparison
  • synesthesia
  • personification
  • translation

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