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The article is based on the general principles of the theory of conceptual metaphor and the theory of metaphor translation, and will describe the conceptual metaphors of LOVE in the novel Wuthering Heights and its translation, based on earlier studies in the field of conceptual metaphor analysis and cognitive linguistics, emphasizing metaphor as one of the most important rhetorical figures in a literature. The cognitive-linguistic contrastive analysis of the conceptual metaphor best indicates the problems in the presentation of literary metaphors, social and cultural differences between different languages, using methodological procedures that include the study of the corpus and the classification of metaphors that are based on the conceptualization of the LOVE entity in the original text. The aim of this research is therefore to point out the importance of metaphoricity and the entity LOVE in the conceptual field, as well as communication between two typologically different languages and the way in which these metaphors are realized.

U skladu s općim načelima teorije konceptualne metafore i teorije prevođenja metafore analizirat će se razlike i sličnosti konceptualnih i jezičnih metafora personifikacije u originalnome tekstu na hrvatskome jeziku i njegovu prijevodu na engleski jezik. Posebna pozornost posvećuje se književno-tekstualnoj komunikaciji između dvaju tipološki različitih jezika, s aspekta univerzalnih i kulturno-specifičnih konceptualnih i jezičnih metafora, odnosno njihovih jezičnih i kulturnih razlika. Kognitivno-lingvistička kontrastivna analiza konceptualne metafore najbolje ukazuje na probleme u prikazivanju književnih metafora, društvenih i kulturoloških razlika te drugih aspekata različitih jezika i načina na koji se ove metafore realiziraju. Analizom primjera metafora u originalnome tekstu i prijevodu istražit ćemo u kojoj mjeri metaforičnih izraza ostaje metaforična nakon prelaska u drugi jezik te kako se kognitivna lingvistika i znanost o prevođenju bave jezikom i mišljenjem.

This paper is based on earlier studies in the area of conceptual metaphor analysis and cognitive linguistics, pointing out the metaphor as one of the most important rhetorical figures in the literary work. The paper will analyze the conceptual metaphor of horror in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. The metaphors were analyzed on the semantic-cognitive level, according to George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's theory. The paper uses methodological procedures that include corpus analysis and metaphors identification based on the conceptualization of the horror entity in the original text. The importance of the conceptual metaphor is pointed out, as well as the concept and the meaning of the horror entity in the conceptual area. The aim of this research is to point to the importance of metaphoricity and its cultural-specific connotations, as well as universality of language describing horror.