# 3 fundamental problems of translating metaphor (or anything else)

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2022-03-06-3-fundamental-problems-of-translating-metaphor-or-anything-else

The piece explains how idiomaticity, underdetermination, and textual cohesion make metaphor translation difficult for the same reasons that translation generally is difficult.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 6 March 2022

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2022/03/3-fundamental-problems-of-translating-metaphor-or-anything-else/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 6 March 2022
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: translation, metaphor, language, meaning.

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