International Journal of Mathematics and Systems Science 2024, 7(10); https://doi.org/10.18686/ijmss.v7i10.10151

Metaphors and financial activities are prevalent in all aspects of human life. Financial English, as an integration of finance and linguistics, has a large number of metaphorical expressions in its discourse system. This paper selected the second edition of Reuters Financial Glossary published by China Financial Publishing House as the research object, collated all the financial English metaphors included in it, and, according to the characteristics of the source domain, divided them into six categories: animal-related, plant-related, object-related, action-related, color-related and weather-related, etc. After that, the paper searched and analyzed the English materials of authoritative journals such as Financial Times and The Economist since 2024, and explored the formation causes and the translation methods of financial English metaphors under the guidance of the metaphor theory. It is hoped that this study will help further deepen the research of financial English metaphors and provide a reference for the translation of financial English texts.