Translation as Metaphor

<p>In today’s ever-changing climate of disintegration and recombination translation has become one of the essential metaphors if not <em>the</em> metaphor of our globalized world. <em>Translation and Metaphor</em> is an attempt to draw a comprehensive map of these new overlapping theoretical territories and the many cross-disciplinary movements they imply. In five chapters this book examines:</p><ul> <li>the main metaphor theories developed in the West;</li> <li>the way the notion of metaphor relates to the concept of translation;</li> <li>different theoretical perspectives on metaphors of translation in translation studies;</li> <li>the main metaphors developed to describe translation in the West and in the East;</li> <li>spatial metaphors within translation studies cultural studies and postcolonial theory;</li> <li>the use of the metaphor of translation across psychoanalysis anthropology and ethnography postcolonial theory history and literature sociology media and communication theory medicine and genetics.</li> </ul><p>Comprehensive analysis of key metaphor theories revealing examples from a wide range of sources and a look towards future directions make this a must-have book for students researchers and translators working in the areas of translation and translation theory.</p>