Figurative Language In Literary Texts

In content you can get a feel of his writing ability, the author writes in such a way that is not difficult to understand but is more formal and uses more complex word. When the author writes he gives stimulus response to the reader. For example, “Artistic drapery of the past century has becoming must” this figurative language evokes a response from the reader or makes the reader think about an idea he is trying to bring over. This is a great way to bring the reader in, but can cause the reader to get confused if he does not go on specifics, the author is absence in this, descriptive word like adjectives and nouns are use not as much and causes that the imagery you're getting from the sentences is totally different of the author thoughts a

How complex can the English language get? No matter what the material is, the author will use methods of figurative language to give their writing depth and meaning beyond the writing’s literal meaning. Especially in reference to poems, meaning can be purpose can be majorly warped through metaphors, similes, allegories, and symbols.

This research paper shows the main advantages and disadvantages of using both translators, human and machine translators. Even though machine translation is widely used, it cannot give a fully understandable and correct translation on its own. Machine translation will never be fully independent from human translators. But even human translators on its own cannot do that much. It still needs a lot of translation tools.

Written in the early seventeenth-century, John Donne’s “Batter My Heart” (Holy Sonnet 14) illustrates the internal struggle of its speaker as he attempts to overcome temptation and let God into his life. Published in 1633 as a part of the poet’s Holy Sonnets series, “Batter My Heart” presents the speaker as one in desperate need of divine intervention, claiming only God’s complete and utter domination as that which will set him free. Throughout the fourteen lines of Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14, numerous forms of figurative language are employed to convey the speaker’s desire to be rescued from the clutches of sin. As a Petrarchan sonnet closely following the octave-volta-sestet design, “Batter My Heart” displays

“What is the best thing about translating? Translators are independent, they are their own masters and they can choose what to translate or where to work.”

Whether by human or machine, translation in its very nature is a challenging attempt and the

The paper “Translation into a non-native language”, in which the lead researcher was Attila Piróth, published by IAPTI Ethics Committee, contains many more comparative analyses in this subject. They collected the data by using a survey and it supports the information provided by Wimmer, but it is also accompanied by the surveyed translators' comments showing a wide range of opinions in this

The results of the study showed that none of the translators have done perfectly in conveying the concepts mentioned above. However, generally speaking, it can be said that the second translator, Mohammad Najafi, has done a better job compared to other translators in conveying the language of the story. It may be possible that the two other translators have done a better job compared to Mohammad Najafi in conveying the content of the story rather than its language. However, 15 examples of each linguistic features are not enough to make a conclusion concerning which translator has done a great job in conveying a special linguistic features. Finally, it suggested that further research should be done to investigate in other foreign languages considering the linguistic features mentioned by Costello to provide a general assessment of the translation of the study in a particular

Although culture is a common problem for translation, in this study, we are going to talk about how to choose the translation strategies according to

Nowadays, metaphor is considered as influential in our everyday life and its traces are not only evident in the language but also in thought and action. The function of metaphor in language, culture, and thought has been viewed by various disciplines (Tendahl and Gibbs, 2008). In the discipline of linguistics, in particular, metaphor and figurative language have long been the subject of studies from many different perspectives. From a cognitive linguistic perspective, metaphor is a “mental mapping” (p. 1825) in the cognitive processes of thinking and reasoning of people in their everyday life (Tendahl and Gibbs, 2008). As noted by Tendahl and Gibbs (2008), the last century ended up with its revolutionary studies on metaphor, most significantly in the realm of cognitive science. They discuss a

Translations are essential to us and our culture, because through ancient documents, inscriptions and books, historians and archeologists reconstruct the ancient societies and civilizations, as well as the story of our forefathers and the history of the entire human race. They allow communication between us and different countries and nations, whose language might be different from ours and this may create difficulties in being able to understand each other. However, translators make this possible as they are the mediators between two different cultures. The need for translations is massive, from both a social and political outlook. According to David Katan’s Translating Cultures, “The translator is a bilingual

When translating documents, the quality of the source document is directly related to the time it takes to translate it, the expense associated with the translation, and the speed and expense of translating similar documents in the future. One of the key issues associated with source documents and translation is the level of communication between the author and the translator.

“Translators have to prove to themselves as to others that they are in control of what they do, that they do not just translate well because they have a “flair” for translation, but rather because, like other professional, they have made a conscious effort to understand various aspects of their work.”

The industry of language translation is gaining momentum quite rapidly than it has fifteen years ago. It has grown to be regarded as one of the most promising career opportunities at this age of digital technology. Businesses and individuals have created a greater and increasingly stable demand for human translators. Linguists now have minimal fear of being saturated in their profession because of a teeming demand for translation projects. The emergence of machine translation and computer-aided translation has helped the industry contrary to some people who deemed these tools as unfavorable, threatening to extinguish human linguists with such technology. It has, in fact, made the human translator an inevitable component of the translation process. Aware of the restrictions and limits of what these tools can do, the human translator is still the one in control of the whole process. Human logic and knowledge cannot be replaced with machines or any other tools. Machines can only interpret data and concept up to a certain degree; they cannot translate concepts. Only the complexities of the human brain can grasp these often technical and difficult processes.

The most fundamental criterion of quality translation is rather evident—it has to be accurate. To ensure fidelity means to avoid mistranslations, missing sentences and poor grammar. Destructive consequences will occur due to mistranslations and missing words or sentences. ‘Word-for-word’ translation, literal translation from Vinay and Darbelent’s point of view, is their prescription for good translation: ‘literalness should only be sacrificed because of structural and metalinguistic requirements and only