Letter Similes in English Word Formation and Their Translation into Persian

Authors

  • Hasan Hashemi-Minabad

Abstract

Objects, tools and phenomena in English and European languages sometimes are likened to letters based on their exact or relative similarities, coining new compounds. The article tries to study letter similes in English and investigate the ways they are translated into Persian. It terminates with a list of letter similes and their Persian dynamic, functional equivalents to shed light on the subject.

Published

2007-08-02

How to Cite

Hashemi-Minabad, H. (2007). Letter Similes in English Word Formation and Their Translation into Persian. Iranian Journal of Translation Studies, 5(18). Retrieved from https://journal.translationstudies.ir/ts/article/view/117

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 18 (2007)

Section

Academic Research Paper

License

Copyright Licensee: Iranian Journal of Translation Studies. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0 license).