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South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

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The Governance of China features the application of metaphors with Chinese characteristics. Metaphor is very persuasive. It uses rational and conscious conceptual basis with emotional and metaphoric meaning to describe facts and affect people’s perception. Through statistical analysis of Xi Jinping’s metaphorical expression and its resonance of the source domain, the current research focuses on the identification of conceptual metaphors in TGOC and explores its translation strategies. It is found that the ROSD of JOURNEY, BUILDING and WAR metaphors are among the highest and significant. Four networks have been identified to translate the culture-specific metaphors from Chinese into English, while the Single-Scopes dominate an overwhelming majority. Single-Scopes and Double-Scopes are the main cognitive strategies for the C-E translation. 

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The Governance of China, mapping, integrated blending, metaphor translation

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