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Title TRANSLATABILITY OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS: A COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC STUDY OF IQBAL’S TRANSLATED WORK TULIP IN THE DESERT: A SELECTION OF THE POETRY OF MUHAMMAD IQBAL BY MIR

Author(s) MARWA ALMAS

Abstract Title: Translatability of Conceptual Metaphors: A Cognitive-Semantic Study of Iqbal’s Translated Work Tulip in the Desert: A Selection of the Poetry of Muhammad Iqbal by Mir The present study explores the conceptual metaphors used in ST i.e., Allama Iqbal’s poetry and TT i.e., Mir’s translation of Iqbal’s poetry. Poetry is an aesthetically realized phenomenon; therefore, Iqbal has used several metaphors to conceptualize various cultural and religious notions which have been studied using CMT (Conceptual Metaphor Theory). The research is qualitative in nature as it provides an in-depth analysis of the conceptual metaphors realized both in ST and TT. The conceptual metaphors in the target text have been analyzed through the use of Newmark’s Metaphor Translation Procedures (1988). The textual analysis of the selected verses brings to fore that conceptual meanings of metaphors get established through cross mapping of conceptual domains. During translation, it is important to understand the sense of the ST metaphor to reexpress the same idea in TT. The translator attempts to represent the same idea in the TT by means of translation so as to increase the readability of the translated text. However, the comparison of both ST and TT highlights that the originality of ST is somehow marred in TT because the translator fails to retain the actual essence associated with the ST metaphors. The analysis highlights that every language follows its own linguistic and non-linguistic factors to conceptualize a certain concept. Resultantly, the translated text loses its musicality and spontaneity during the process of translation.

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Publication Date 2025-04-18

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