Deprivation of liberty or imprisonment? Metaphorical motivation of some terms in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and their translation into English

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Deprivation of liberty or imprisonment? Metaphorical motivation of some terms in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and their translation into English
Authors:
In the Journal:
International journal of legal discourse. 2018, vol. 3, no 2, p. 173-195
Keywords:
LT
Anglų kalba / English language; Vertimas / Translation.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Teisinis diskursas; Kolokacija; Metafora; Anglų kalba; Vertimas; Legal discourse; Collocation; Metaphor; Lithuanian; English; Translation.

ENThe paper sets out to examine the stability and motivation of collocations with the word laisvė ‘liberty, freedom’ in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and tendencies of their rendering into English. The methodology of research relies on the cognitive linguistic principles of embodiment, the understanding of metaphor in terms of cross-domain mappings, the relevance of context and frames. The results demonstrate very stable collocations in Lithuanian, all of which are metaphorically motivated and constitute legal terms. Their translation into English uncovers some tendencies of the same and different conceptualisation of such notions of criminal law as the restriction of liberty, deprivation of liberty, imprisonment and some others. The English terms, equivalents of the selected Lithuanian terms with the word laisvė, are much less metaphorical than could be expected. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.1515/ijld-2018-2007
ISSN:
2364-8821; 2364-883X
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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