Does metonymic language constitute a translation problem to translators? Vandepitte and Hartsuiker (2011) found that it took translation students more time not only to translate metonymic constructions than their non-metonymic counterparts, but also to produce a non-metonymic construction if the source text is metonymic than if it is non-metonymic. Three new case studies seem to confirm these preliminary studies. Based on these studies, the authors conclude that the translation of metonymic utterances and their abstract agents requires more effort than that of non-metonymic utterances.