Translating Expressive Language: Some Socio-Cultural Insights
Journal
SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Gjurchevska-Atanasovska Katarina
Kitanovska-Kimovska Sonja
Abstract
Expressive lexical units are culturally bound and deeply rooted into socio-cultural
contexts; their connotative dimension accentuates their implicit meaning dependent
on extralingustic factors which are related to cultural notions and ways of using them
within a society. The purpose of this paper is to show that contrastively analysing
expressive language in translation can shed light on some interesting insights into
socio-cultural similarities and differences between English and Macedonian with
regard to certain types of expressive language. The results of the survey confirm that
differences in socio-cultural and historical conditions have differently affected the
ways in which concepts and notions are perceived in these languages, leading to
differences in the use of expressive words and their metaphorical dimension in both
languages and posing challenges to translators.
contexts; their connotative dimension accentuates their implicit meaning dependent
on extralingustic factors which are related to cultural notions and ways of using them
within a society. The purpose of this paper is to show that contrastively analysing
expressive language in translation can shed light on some interesting insights into
socio-cultural similarities and differences between English and Macedonian with
regard to certain types of expressive language. The results of the survey confirm that
differences in socio-cultural and historical conditions have differently affected the
ways in which concepts and notions are perceived in these languages, leading to
differences in the use of expressive words and their metaphorical dimension in both
languages and posing challenges to translators.
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