773030500 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code BTL 166 Eb 15 9789027244642 06 10.1075/btl.166 13 2025020199 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code BTL 02 0929-7316 02 166.00 01 02 Benjamins Translation Library Benjamins Translation Library 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2025 01 02 2025 collection (80 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2026 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2026 (ca. 500 titles, starting 2021) 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2025 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2025 (ca. 540 titles, starting 2020) 01 01 Metaphors in Audiovisual Translation Metaphors in Audiovisual Translation 1 A01 01 JB code 360464391 Jan Pedersen Pedersen, Jan Jan Pedersen Stockholm University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/360464391 01 eng 11 225 03 03 xv 03 00 209 03 01 23/eng/20250626 418/.02 03 2025 P306.93 10 LAN023000 12 CFP 24 JB code TRAN.TRANSL Translation Studies 01 06 02 00 Investigating how metaphors are handled in three different genres of televisual light entertainment. The research shows that audiovisual translators go to great lengths of creativity and complexity to do metaphors justice and maintain harmony with sound and image. 03 00 As metaphors are fascinating linguistic and cultural phenomena, and as they have a great potential to cause translation problems, it is no wonder that a great deal has been written about them, both in metaphor studies and in translation studies. They are severely under-researched from the perspective of audiovisual translation, however. This is surprising, considering the added layers of complexity caused by the multimodality of audiovisual texts, and the special conditions and constraints of dubbing and subtitling. This monograph seeks to remedy this, as it investigates how metaphors are handled in three different genres of televisual light entertainment. If a metaphor is verbalized in the dialogue while being visualized on screen, and if that metaphor is not normally used in the target language, the task of the audiovisual translator becomes very challenging indeed. The research shows that audiovisual translators go to great lengths of creativity and complexity to do metaphors justice and maintain harmony with sound and image. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/btl.166.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027228208.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027228208.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/btl.166.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/btl.166.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/btl.166.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/btl.166.hb.png 01 01 JB code btl.166.prelim i iv 4 Prelim pages -1 01 04 Prelim pages Prelim pages 01 01 JB code btl.166.toc v viii 4 Table of contents 0 01 04 Table of contents Table of contents 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.lof ix x 2 Table of contents 1 01 04 List of figures List of figures 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.lot xi xii 2 Table of contents 2 01 04 List of tables List of tables 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.abb xiii xiv 2 Glossary 3 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.ack xv xvi 2 Acknowledgments 4 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c1 06 10.1075/btl.166.c1 1 6 6 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c2 06 10.1075/btl.166.c2 7 50 44 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 2. Metaphors and related figures of speech Chapter 2. Metaphors and related figures of speech 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c3 06 10.1075/btl.166.c3 51 81 31 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 3. Metaphors in translation (studies) Chapter 3. Metaphors in translation (studies) 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c4 06 10.1075/btl.166.c4 82 107 26 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Metaphors and audiovisual translation Chapter 4. Metaphors and audiovisual translation 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c5 06 10.1075/btl.166.c5 108 132 25 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 5. Prime Ministerial metaphors Chapter 5. Prime Ministerial metaphors 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c6 06 10.1075/btl.166.c6 133 161 29 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 6. Well-baked metaphors Chapter 6. Well-baked metaphors 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c7 06 10.1075/btl.166.c7 162 183 22 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 7. Marine metaphors in Square Pants Chapter 7. Marine metaphors in Square Pants 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c8 06 10.1075/btl.166.c8 184 194 11 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 8. General results, discussion and conclusions Chapter 8. General results, discussion and conclusions 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.refs 06 10.1075/btl.166.refs 195 206 12 References 13 01 04 References References 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.index 06 10.1075/btl.166.index 207 209 3 Index 14 01 04 Index Index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.166 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 20250710 C 2025 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027228208 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027244642 20 01 00 Unqualified price 02 120.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 02 101.00 GBP GB 01 00 Unqualified price 02 156.00 USD 173030499 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code BTL 166 Hb 15 9789027228208 06 10.1075/btl.166 13 2025020198 00 BB 08 555 gr 10 01 JB code BTL 02 0929-7316 02 166.00 01 02 Benjamins Translation Library Benjamins Translation Library 01 01 Metaphors in Audiovisual Translation Metaphors in Audiovisual Translation 1 A01 01 JB code 360464391 Jan Pedersen Pedersen, Jan Jan Pedersen Stockholm University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/360464391 01 eng 11 225 03 03 xv 03 00 209 03 01 23/eng/20250626 418/.02 03 2025 P306.93 10 LAN023000 12 CFP 24 JB code TRAN.TRANSL Translation Studies 01 06 02 00 Investigating how metaphors are handled in three different genres of televisual light entertainment. The research shows that audiovisual translators go to great lengths of creativity and complexity to do metaphors justice and maintain harmony with sound and image. 03 00 As metaphors are fascinating linguistic and cultural phenomena, and as they have a great potential to cause translation problems, it is no wonder that a great deal has been written about them, both in metaphor studies and in translation studies. They are severely under-researched from the perspective of audiovisual translation, however. This is surprising, considering the added layers of complexity caused by the multimodality of audiovisual texts, and the special conditions and constraints of dubbing and subtitling. This monograph seeks to remedy this, as it investigates how metaphors are handled in three different genres of televisual light entertainment. If a metaphor is verbalized in the dialogue while being visualized on screen, and if that metaphor is not normally used in the target language, the task of the audiovisual translator becomes very challenging indeed. The research shows that audiovisual translators go to great lengths of creativity and complexity to do metaphors justice and maintain harmony with sound and image. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/btl.166.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027228208.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027228208.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/btl.166.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/btl.166.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/btl.166.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/btl.166.hb.png 01 01 JB code btl.166.prelim i iv 4 Prelim pages -1 01 04 Prelim pages Prelim pages 01 01 JB code btl.166.toc v viii 4 Table of contents 0 01 04 Table of contents Table of contents 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.lof ix x 2 Table of contents 1 01 04 List of figures List of figures 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.lot xi xii 2 Table of contents 2 01 04 List of tables List of tables 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.abb xiii xiv 2 Glossary 3 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.ack xv xvi 2 Acknowledgments 4 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c1 06 10.1075/btl.166.c1 1 6 6 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c2 06 10.1075/btl.166.c2 7 50 44 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 2. Metaphors and related figures of speech Chapter 2. Metaphors and related figures of speech 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c3 06 10.1075/btl.166.c3 51 81 31 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 3. Metaphors in translation (studies) Chapter 3. Metaphors in translation (studies) 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c4 06 10.1075/btl.166.c4 82 107 26 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 4. Metaphors and audiovisual translation Chapter 4. Metaphors and audiovisual translation 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c5 06 10.1075/btl.166.c5 108 132 25 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 5. Prime Ministerial metaphors Chapter 5. Prime Ministerial metaphors 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c6 06 10.1075/btl.166.c6 133 161 29 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 6. Well-baked metaphors Chapter 6. Well-baked metaphors 01 eng 01 01 JB code btl.166.c7 06 10.1075/btl.166.c7 162 183 22 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 7. 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