A Study on Translation Strategies of Metaphors in the Korean Novel Palsip Yi Nyeon Saeng Kim Jiyeong into Thai
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Translation strategies Metaphor Korean novel Palsip Yi Nyeon Saeng Kim Jiyeong
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This study aims to analyze metaphors used in Korean novel Palsip Yi Nyeon Saeng Kim Jiyeong written by Cho Nam-joo, and to analyze the metaphors translation strategies in Thai version translated by Trongsiri Thongkhamsai. The results reveal that 79 metaphors were used in Korean version. In Thai version, the translator applied 5 translation strategies respectively. The word-for-word translation was applied 31 times (34.44%), the free translation was applied 28 times (31.11%), the equivalent translation was applied 18 times (20.00%), the metaphor-to-simile translation was applied 12 times (13.33%), and the omission was applied 1 time (1.11%).
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Sornsuwannasri, S. (2022). A Study on Translation Strategies of Metaphors in the Korean Novel Palsip Yi Nyeon Saeng Kim Jiyeong into Thai. Chiang Mai University Journal of Humanities, 23(1), 86–108. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JHUMANS/article/view/252417
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Newmark, P. (1988). A Textbook of Translation. Hertfordshire: Prentice Hall.
Nida, Eugene A. (1964). Toward a science of translating: with special to principles and procedures involved in Bible translating. Leiden: E.J.Brill.
Office of the Royal Society. (2018). Photchananukrom sap wannakam Chabap Ratchabandittayasapha (kækhai phœmtœm) [Office of the Royal Society Dictionary of Literature Vocabularies (revision)] 2nd Ed. Bangkok: Office of the Royal Society.
Park, K., Elliott, M. (2013). Dictionary of Korean Idioms. Seoul: Moon Yerim.
Pholboon, Prawpun. (2018). uppalak chœng mano that chak botphleng J-POP [Conceptual Metaphors in J-POP]. Humanities & Social Sciences. 35(2), 331-361.
Reiss, K. and Vermeer H. (1984). Groundwork for a General Theory of Translation. Tubingen: Niemeyer.
Royal Institute. (2013). Photchananukrom Chabap Ratchabandittayasathan pho so 2554 [Royal Institute Dictionary 2011]. 2nd Ed. Bangkok: Royal Institute.
Sae Ong, P., Anansiriwat, P., Padgate U. (2017). samnuan læ khwam priap: konlawithi kan plæ thi prakot nai wannakam plæ rưang “hæri pho̜ttœ kap sila athan” [Idioms and Comparative Statements: The Translation Strategies in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”]. Journal of Humanities Naresuan University. 14(2), 61-72.
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Warumanu. (2019). riwio phapphayon Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 khim chiyong kœt pi 82 phit rư thi kœt pen ‘phuying’? [Movie review, Kim Ji Young: Born 1982. Is it wrong to be born as a ‘woman’?]. Retrieved from https://www.korseries.com/kormovies-kim-ji-young-born-1982/
Wiwatsorn, Walaya. (2004). kan plæ wannakam [Literature Translation]. 2nd Ed. Bangkok: Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
Xinran. (2004). siang phriak thi klop ren chak phændin yai [The Good Women of China]. (Viriyaprapaikit, P., Trans.). Bangkok: Guy Malute Company Limited.