MEANING CONSTRUCTION FOR METAPHORIZED TERMS IN BIODYNAMIC OSTEOPATHIC TERMINOLOGY WITH THE HELP OF SEMANTIC CONTEXT

The proposed study examines terminological metaphors in the context of cognitive research, namely their contribution to meaning construction and concept structuring in the field of biodynamic osteopathy with possible implications for translation equivalence issues. In the absence of clear definitions for the terms used in biodynamics of osteopathy, we attempt to build them via the semantic context in the source language (English). This provides an insight into the composition of meaning (by selective inference) that the term is supposed to relay and gives an opportunity to visualize possible epistemological paradigms of the relevant domain. Such information may prove valuable for translators attempting to select a congruent equivalent for terms (we examine translation practices in Italian and Russian), as metaphors can be deeply anchored in the source-language culture (Cortes, 2003).