And He Opened His Mouth and Taught Them Saying

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of rich biblical imagery related to the mouth, built around the conceptual metaphor MOUTH IS AN OPENING, followed by a critical analysis of four text units from both Testaments employing the basic extensions of this metaphor in the renderings of twelve contemporary English versions of the Bible. It is demonstrated that the meaningful choice of translating techniques and the type of equivalence pursued in translation must be based on a thorough examination and comparison of the conceptual systems of the source and target languages.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-49
Number of pages11
JournalSynergies Pologne
Volume5
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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