Strategies Used in Translating Similes and Metaphors from English into Thai in The Merchant of Venice
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This study aimed to examine the strategies used in translating English similes and metaphors in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice into the Thai version named Venice Vanich by H.M. King Rama VI. There were 56 similes and 81 metaphors extracted from the source text and compared with those in the translation text. To analyze data, the notions of translation strategies of simile proposed by Pierini (2007) and translation strategies of metaphor proposed by Newmark (1981) were employed as the frameworks. Types of strategy used for each simile and metaphor were determined. Then, frequency of the use of each strategy was numerated. According to the findings, in the translation of similes, literal translation is the most frequently used strategy. However, there is no use of replacement of the vehicle with gloss. Apart from those proposed by Pierini (2007), there is another applicable strategy found in this research: translation of simile by metaphor. For the metaphors, all seven strategies proposed by Newmark (1981) are applied while translation of metaphor by simile is the most frequently used strategy. This study can be useful for those who are interested in literary translation as well as scholars and researchers in the field of translation studies.
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