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Issue 63 Figs of Speech 

Translation Principles
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### Translation Principles
* Make the meaning of the extended metaphor as clear to the target audience as it was to the original audience.
* Make the meaning of the figure of speech as clear to the target audience as it was to the original audience.
* Do not make the meaning more clear to the target audience than it was to the original audience.
* When someone uses an extended metaphor, the images are an important part of what he is trying to say.
* If the target audience is not familiar with some of the images, you will need to find some way of helping them understand the images so they can understand the whole extended metaphor.