Studying Scientific Metaphor in Translation

Studying Scientific Metaphor in Translation presents a multilingual examination of the translation of metaphors. Mark Shuttleworth explores this facet of translation and provides a data-driven and theoretically informed picture of the processes that underpin metaphor translation.

Mark Shuttleworth is Senior Lecturer at University College London, UK.

Introduction Chapter 1 Metaphor in scientific thought and writing Chapter 2 Translating Scientific American Chapter 3 Metaphor and translation Chapter 4 Macro-level metaphors Interlude One Metaphors of nature Chapter 5 Intuitive classifications of metaphor Interlude Two Metaphors of genetics Chapter 6 Provenance - Lakoff and Johnson's metaphor types Chapter 7 Conclusion