Translating Metaphors in times of economic crisis: A case Study in English, German and Spanish

The reports of official economic institutions were especially relevant for society during the world economic crisis because they conveyed reliable information about the financial situation. These reports were written in English and contained metaphors that must be translated into several languages. The corpus of this piece of research is the chapter about development of global markets belonging to the 2010 annual report of the International Monetary Fund.

The focus of this research lies on the typology of the metaphors found in the English version and the translation method employed into Spanish and German and deals with the following questions: What type of metaphors appeared in the original IMF's annual report 2010? What methods were used to translate them? There is a relationship between the typology and the translation method?

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