Constructing the national image of “China” in press conference interpreting: a corpus-based critical metaphor analysis
Congran Zhang
IntroductionThis study investigates the role of conceptual metaphors in constructing China’s national image within Chinese-English press conference interpreting.MethodsDrawing on Critical Metaphor Analysis and the online corpus tool Wmatrix, the research identifies and examines metaphorical patterns in the interpreted diplomatic discourse.Results and discussionSix types of conceptual metaphors relating to “China” emerge in the interpreting data, with the human and journey metaphors occurring mos