English-Thai Conceptual Metaphor Translation in Skincare Advertisements

Authors

• Onsurang Saengsomsurasak
• Tongtip Poonlarp

Publication Date

2022-12-28

Abstract

This article explores English-to-Thai translations of conceptual metaphors in skincare advertisements on websites. Through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 120 skincare advertisements and their translations from eight brands collected from their official websites between 2019 and 2021, this study reveals the ten most common conceptual metaphors in skincare advertisements: war metaphors, health metaphors, human-being metaphors, plant and cultivation metaphors, light metaphors, textile and clothing metaphors, machine metaphors, food and nutrition metaphors, cleaning action metaphors, and container metaphors. The most frequent translation strategy found is retention of the source-text conceptual metaphor. Interestingly, addition of a new metaphor into the target text – where there is no metaphor in the original – could be observed, indicating flexibility in advertising translation.

First Page

91

Last Page

114

Recommended Citation

Saengsomsurasak, Onsurang and Poonlarp, Tongtip (2022) "English-Thai Conceptual Metaphor Translation in Skincare Advertisements," Journal of Letters: Vol. 51: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/jletters/vol51/iss2/6