Conceptual Metaphors in the Translation of Political Speeches of King Abdullah II

The research aims to define conceptual metaphor and its types in general, as well exploring the conceptualization of metaphorical expressions used political speeches King Abdullah II English translations metaphors Arabic. study illustrates techniques strategies by Hashemite Royal Court translating ST expression TT. researcher relies on Metaphor Identification Procedure (MIP), proposed Group (2007) Critical Analysis (CMA), Charteris-Black (2004), identifying that his speeches. As for categorizing expressions, we rely Longman Oxford Dictionaries determine semantic field relates to. depends method Al-Zoubi, Al-Ali, Al-Hasnawi examine two texts find out whether there are any differences or similarities comparing metaphors, analyzing maintained, changed deleted.