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1、AbstractBasedonLakoff’sConceptualMetaphorTheory,thisthesisattemptstocarryoutaninvestigativeandexplanatoryresearchonthetranslationofconceptualmetaphorsinWeiChenganditsEnglishversion.Adetailedanalysiswillbecarriedouttofindoutthenormalcyanddeviationduringthetranslation.And
2、alistofsuggestedfactorsthatleadtodeviationswillbegiveninthefollowing.Besides,thethesiswillalsoexaminetherelationsbetweenmetaphorsandtextstylebothinSTandTT,andthedifferencesintermsofthisaspectwillbefoundbetweenSTandTT.Summingup,theresearchquestionsthatthisthesisattemptst
3、oanswerareasfollows:1)AretheconceptualmetaphorsintheSTtranslatedintotheTTwiththesametypeofconceptualmetaphor?Ifnot,whatdeviationshavetakenplace?2)Whatarethefactorsthatleadtothosedeviations?3)DoesthedeviationinfluencethestyleofSTwherethemetaphorlocatesduringthetranslatio
4、nofconceptualmetaphors?Howdoestheinfluencecomeintobeing?Majorfindingsofthisresearcharepresentedasfollows:Amongthetwohundredandsixty-sixconceptualmetaphorsinthenovelWeiCheng,63.16%isconsistedwithstructuralmetaphors,28.95%ofthembelongtoontologicalmetaphors,andtherest7.89%
5、areorientationalmetaphors.Duringthetranslationofthetwohundredandsixty-sixconceptualmetaphors,82%ofwhicharetranslatedwiththesametypeofconceptualmetaphorintheTT,anddeviationshavetakenplaceintherest18%.Thosedeviationscanbedividedintotwotypes,decayinmetaphoricalexpression(1
6、2.8%)andswitchinginmetaphortype(5.2%).Throughaspecificanalysis,acoupleoffactorthatleadtothedeviationhavebeenfound,whichareshownasfollowing:a)Differentemphasis.Thedifferentemphasisinhighlightingaspectsdeterminesthewayoftreatment.i万方数据TheSTusuallycontainsseveralpiecesofin
7、formationwiththeauthor’sownemphasisamongthem,ifthetranslatorchoseoneoforsomeofthepiecestolayemphasison,thenthemetaphortypemaybeswitchedorthemetaphoricalexpressionmayevendisappearedduringthetranslation.b)Culturaldifferenceorblank.WhenthereexistsculturaldifferencebetweenS
8、LandTLorevenculturalblankinTL,whichleadstotheimpossibilityofdeliveringallinformationinST,asacrificeoftheformma