()20103JournalofQiqiharUniversity(Phi&SocSci)May2010[]2010-03-02[](1982-),,,,(,161006)[];;;;;[],,,,,,,,[]H315.9[]A[]1008-2638(2010)03-0078-02MetaphorandItsTranslationLIChun-guang(CollegeEnglishTeachingandResearchingDepartment,QiqiharUniversity,Qiqihar161006,China)Keywords:metaphor;translation;sourcelanguage;targetlanguageAbstract:Metaphorisacommonlanguagephenomenon.Asawayoflanguageexpression,metaphorhasvisual,vividaestheticcharacteristics,soitiswidelyusedinliteratures.Andsinceitisaspecialwayofexpression,peopleoftenfinditdifficulttodealwiththeChinese-Englishtranslationofmetaphor.Inthisessay,theauthorfirstgivesadetailedexplanationofitsmeaning,andthendis2cussesitsnatures,andinthemainpart,theauthorrevealstheobstaclesofitstranslationaswellasthemethods.,,;(,2000:28),,,,,(Lakeoff,1980),(,2003)2.1,:,,;;,,,,:(1)Lifeisajourney.(1),journey,theactoftravelingfromoneplacetoanother,Life,difficultiesandsetbacks.,,;,jour2neyLife,,,journeyLifecarrysomethingthrough,,Life2.2;(,2002:99):(2)Hopeisthepoormansbread.,bread(foodmadebymixingflourwithwaterandyeast,kneadingandbakinginanoven.),(nourishmentforthemind)2.3,,;,,:(3)Aftermanyyearsofworkingatthejail,theprisonguardhadbecomeahardrockthatcouldnotbemoved.(,),manyyearsofworkingatthejailahardrock3.1,,(,1992),,,,,,:(4)spendingmoneylikewater,,,,;,spendingmoneylikewater,westwarmwind,,,:zippergate3.2(Newmark)(2001:113),:,,:,,,,,,,3.2.1,,,,:(5)Janesuncleisanoldfox,uptoallkindsofevils.,,,,,(6)ThespringbreezeofpresentreforminChina3.2.2,,;,,,,:(7)Alltheworldisastage,andallthemenandwomenaremerelyplayers.(Shakespeare),3.2.3,;,,,,,(,2000:153):(8)acatonhotbricks(9)tolaughoffoneshead,,,,,,,,:(10)Johncanbereliedon.Heeatsnofishandplaysthegame.,,;,,eatnofishplaythegamecompetehonestly(),,,,,,,,,,,;,[][1][2].[J].,1998,6.[3].[J].,2006,2P19[4].Metaphor:[J].,1997,2P1[5].metaphor[J].,2002.7P123[6],2007.[7].Metaphor(),.P46.[8],.[J].,1998,(1):96.[9].[M],,2003.[10].AdvancedcourseinEnglish-ChineseTrans2lation[M],,2001.[11].Metaphor(),.[12]Lakoff.C.&Johnson.1980.MetaphorsWeLiveby,UniversityofChicagoPress.[13]Lakoff.C.1987.Women,FireandDangerousThings:WhatCategoriesRevealabouttheMinds.UniversityofChicagoPress.[14].,,20001.[15].[J].,1997(1).[16].[J].:,1992.[17],.[M].,1981.()973