Due to the widespread use of metaphors in language, inter-cultural translation to some extent can be said to transfer metaphors in the source text to those in the target text.

• 由于语言中隐喻的普遍使用，从某种程度上来说，跨文化翻译就是将原语中的隐喻转换成目的语中的隐喻的一种活动。