Когниция, коммуникация, дискурс

Subjectivity in metaphor translation: a case for Russian translation of English metaphors of depressive emotions

Когниция, коммуникация, дискурс October 30, 2023 Olga Vakhovska

This paper focuses on the theoretical concept of subjectivity in the translation of metaphors of depressive emotions in W. Styron’s Darkness visible: A memoir of madness into Russian. In his memoir, the author interprets his emotions and names them via metaphors; these interpretations are driven by images in the author’s mind. An image-driven interpretation in translation is a creative act of...