Some of my students are interested in translating idioms. However, they find it quite difficult to identify research papers related to this topic.
Thus, I will try to collect relevant information here.
1) Dissertation of Julia Holmqvist, a Swedish student, entitled "Idiomatic Expressions in Fiction: A Textual Analysis of the Use and Effects of Idioms in Donna Tartt's Novel The Secret History"
http://www.diva-portal.se/smash/get/diva2:791008/FULLTEXT01.pdf
