Translation | Figure of Speech | Kind of Figurative Language in Translation | Indonesian - English

1.      Generalization

Example:

-          “Aqua” is used when we want to buy mineral water in form of bottle

-          “Pelayaran” used to mean navigating the ocean with a sailboat now the word means navigating the ocean with a motorized boat

2.      Specialization

-          “Server” is a server on IT as hardware

-          “Sarjana” used to refer to scholars or smart people or knowledge people now used to refer to people who have graduated from the undergraduate level in college

3.      Amelioration

-          “Buta” became “tunanetra”

-          “Bini” became “Istri”

4.      Pejoration

-          “Langsam” in colonial era it mean slow but how it mean step

-          “Pramuniaga” became “pelayan toko”

-          “Talak” became “cerai”

5.      Synesthesia

-          “Ngeri-ngeri sedap” refer to thing that almost illegal

-          “Tajam” refer to easy to hurt or look fierce or angry

6.      Association

-          Kembang we think of “Kembang desa, kembang api, etc”

-          “Gulung tikar” doesn’t mean gulung tikar itself but it refer to go bankcrupt

7.      Metaphor

-          “Kembang pasir” refer to cat’s pop

-          “Kembang desa” refer to the most beautiful girl in a village

-          Raja siang telah terbit di pagi hari yang indah