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1、ToForeignizeorToDomesticatestrategyininimizethestrangenessoftheforeigntextfortargetlanguagereaders,ethingoftheforeignessoftheoriginal.Butethodsordomesticatingones?etaphor?TheRandomHouseUnabridgedDictionary(secondaddition)definesmetaphoras"afigureofspeechinorphraseisapp
2、liedtosomethingtoblance."etaphorsmaybe’single’--viz.one-,asentence,aproverb,anallegory,apleteimaginativetext"(1988b:104).Snell-HornbyrejectsNeark’sconceptofthe"one-etaphor"infavourofaryFungalsoconsiderstranslatingmetaphorasamunicativeeventthesemantic,culturalandfunctio
3、nalperspectivesmentionedabove,Nearkholdsamorepragmaticapproach.Draetaphor:(1)Reproducingthesameimageinthetargetlanguage;(2)ReplacingtheSLimageage;(3)Replacingthemetaphorbysimile;(4)Retainingthemetaphorandaddingthesense;(5)Convertingthemetaphortosense;(6)Omittingthemeta
4、phorifitisredundant.Discussionsofthesubject,especiallythoseaticratherthantheoretical.InE-CTranslationCoursebook(1980)ostmarizedthreepopularmethodsfortranslatingmetaphors:(1)Literaltranslation(similartoNeark’sfirstprocedure);(2)ReplacingtheSLimageage(similartoNeark’ssec
5、ondprocedure);(3)Convertingthemetaphortosense(SameasNeark’sfifthprocedure).BasedonthemethodssuggestedbyZhangandhiscolleagues,GuoZhuzhang(郭著章)proposesfiveinAPracticalCoursebookinTranslationBeteaning;(3)Adaptingthemetaphor;(4)UsingChinesecoupletstorendertheEnglishmetapho
6、r;(5)ReplacingtheSLimageage.themetaphor.ybacktranslation:ButI...he’dsurelyleadustoseeourancestors.)Example2Hitleredtotheteethedtotheteeth...)Example3Heple4Amongtheblindtheone-eyedmanisking.山中没老虎,猴子称霸王。(GuoLi,1996:183)(Mybacktranslation:Themonkeyreignsinthemountainsple5
7、Talk/Speakofthedevil(andheple6Peterdoesannoyme,ingaroundhereallthetime.Oh,talkofthedevil!That’sprobablyhimatthedoornople7Oneboyisaboy,tonkcarriesself,tonkscarryonkshavenople8Everyfamilyissaidtohaveatleastoneskeletoninthecupboard.据说家家户户至少也有一桩家丑。(Feng,1981)(Mybacktransla
8、tion:Everyfamilyissaidto...familyscandal.)Example9Askeletoninthecupboard/closet衣柜里的骷髅,见不得人的事儿(He,1994)(Mybacktranslat