Translation Strategies for English and Romanian Conventionalized Similes

Abstract

Similes are treated by most linguists as comparison-based phrases that function as adjectives
and belong to several semantic fields. Most similes contain a term that represents a prototype
of the quality attributed by the adjective: as white as snow/ a sheet/ chalk /ivory/ lily/ fleece/
porcelain/ lime/ salt (alb ca varul/ marmura/ creta/ zăpada/ laptele); as red as a turkey-cock
(roşu ca moţul/mărgelele curcanului); as red as a cherry (rumen ca un bujor) etc.