COLOR IDIOMS AND THEIR GEORGIAN EQUIVALENTS

Abstract

The subject of the present article is color idioms in English, their classification based on semantic transparency, stability of form, connotation and the ability to be translated into Georgian. In regard to translation, special attention is paid to the transfer of images contained in the original idioms into the target language. Considering the specific character of idioms, particularly color idioms, different methods of translation have been suggested including finding the exact or close equivalents of transparent, universal idioms. Other strategies used with more opaque expressions are finding the expressions whose constituent parts are in some way associated with the colors mentioned in the original expressions. Paraphrasing, replacing color idioms with textually/dynamically equivalent expressions having the same value and function in Georgian, and calquing are other possible methods.

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