英语歌词的隐喻修辞及翻译On the English lyrics＇rhetoric metaphors and translation开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

metaphorandmetaphortranslationhavebeenalotofscholars’interestinrecentyears,butthestudiesofmetaphortranslationgenerallyfocusonliteraryworksandnews.andthestudyofthetranslationofmetaphorsinlyricsisless.lyricstranslationstudiesgenerallyfocusontheskopostheory,thecompensationprinciple,thetheoryofequivalenceandtherhetoric.metaphorinthelyricsisobviouslyextensive,andthedifferenttypesofmetaphorplaydifferentrolesinthelyrics.metaphorcanmakethesuperpositionoftwoconcepts,anditalsocanregardpeople’semotionandthinkingasaspecificphysicalentity.whethertheenglishlyricscanbesuccessfullytranslatedgreatlydeterminestheexpressingeffectofthesong.thepaperistostudythewaystotransfermetaphorsinthetranslationofenglishlyrics.

forthemetaphortranslation,becauseofthedifferencebetweeneastandwesterncultures,themetaphoricmeaningsofthelyricsaredifferent.besides,thehumancultureiscloselyrelatedtomusic.accordingtothestyleofsongsandethnicculturalpsychology,thesamelyricsmayhavedifferentmetaphorsinthetwolanguages.andmetaphorhaslongbeenregardedaspurelanguagerhetoricphenomenon,andintheprocessoftranslationtherhetoricaleffectofmetaphoricallanguageshouldbepaidattentionto.anditinvolvestheunderstandingandmasteringofthetwocultures’similarityanddifference.thetranslationshouldbebasedonthecognitiveanalysisofmetaphorsofthepsychologicalfoundationandtheinformationofculture.foreignizationanddomesticationshouldbeadoptedasthetranslationstrategies,whichcouldpromotetheculturalcommunication.andthemetaphortranslationcanalsofocusonstressingtheeffectofemotion.itishopedthatthisresearchprovidessomeinsightsforlyricstranslationandmetaphortranslation.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

understandingofthelyricsisthepremiseoftranslation.totranslatethelyrics,thegoalistomakethesongproducetheclosesteffecttotheoriginal.andmetaphortranslationisthenecessarypart,whichcanbeusedtoexpresspeople’semotionandmakeusfeelinteresting.themetaphortranslationinenglishlyricsmakesaudiencefeelemotionalandmakethesongmoreeasytobeaccepted.andthereisnodenyingthatmetaphorineastandwesternculturesisdifferent.therearesomeprinciplesinthetranslationthatshouldbefollowedlikerelevantprinciplesofliterature.andthestrategiesandmethodsinthetranslationofmetaphorsinenglishlyricscanhelptranslatethelyricsappropriately.

researchprogram:1.choosedifferentsongstoanalyzethelyricsandthemetaphor.

2.understandthemdeeplyfromdifferentculturesandbackground.

3. 研究计划与安排

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4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

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