By Marriage, Metaphors

{{Hello, I just translated a proverb }}How about this: Marriage is like a couple of hedgehogs in hibernation. Staying close, be pricked; staying apart, get cold. Solution - cut off needles on the sides that are together, then neither hurt nor cold, but both have to bear pain.

Emeraldisle wrote: THANKS IN ADVANCE. HELP ME WITH MY ASSIGNMENT. Story: The Kite Runner Author: Khaled Hosseini Theme: (1) Sacrifice: Sheep are slaughtered as a sacrifice to Allah, to show devotion, but also as a form of atonement. Amir and Hassan are embodiments of the...

THANKS IN ADVANCE. HELP ME WITH MY ASSIGNMENT. Story: The Kite Runner Author: Khaled Hosseini Theme: (1) Sacrifice: Sheep are slaughtered as a sacrifice to Allah, to show devotion, but also as a form of atonement. Amir and Hassan are embodiments of the sacrificial sheep. Hassan is...

Then, no, I would NOT use such a personal metaphor as love and marriage with the HR department.

Hi Karaf, Whether the metaphor is too informal depends on who the readers are. If you want to keep it, I'd recommend: Just as you cannot have a truly happy marriage with a person whom you are not in love with, you cannot reach your goals... and continue to use "you." OR... start with "we"...

As Kajjo says you have to decide whether you should be true to the author's words or not. The mixed metaphors are his and it's not the translator's job to enhance the text... but? Anyway three versions from me : Would not the marriage without a mistress become unhealthy? Is not the mistress...

How about - The logic of a cheater is insanely ambitious: to preserve the hollow shell of his marriage intact at any cost and, at the same time, to maintain his fantasy, the 'trophy' mistress. I'd guessed that this was a translation and the imagery and metaphors are not yours ,Antonija's, and...

Would not the marriage without a mistress squeal, tilt and sink? Is not the mistress the hidden engine of adultery as well as marriage, virus and vaccine?Hi Antonija,honestly, I do neither like nor understand the metaphor and comparison. As far as I comprehend it:1 - marriage, virus,...

Well, I think it is a mistake to use rotten egg, because as I said, in English it refers to a person rather than a situation. And you already have mixed metaphors-- rotten egg and surreal trophy do not go together at all (nor do I have any idea what surreal trophy may mean-- beyond the fact that...

Hi Antonia, I'm looking for an adequate metaphore here: The real problem is that you have two different metaphors here. Would not the marriage without a mistress squeal, tilt and sink? Is not the mistress the hidden dynamo of adultery as well as marriage, virus and vaccine? It is a metaphore:...