Strategies of Translation in Live Metaphors in Sumatera Folklores Into English

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10.2991/aisteel-18.2018.88How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Translation Strategies, Live Metaphor, Sumatera Folklores

Abstract

This study investigated the strategies of translation in live metaphors in Sumatera folklores into English. This study was conducted to describe the strategies applied in the translation live metaphors in the Sumatera folklores. This study was conducted by using qualitative design. The data were the utterances of live metaphor in Sumatera folklores. The findings showed that there were strategies in translating live metaphors was proposed by Larson’s theory. Language has special characteristic that is live metaphors phrases, therefore in the case of translating the metaphor phrases in which their concept in unknown for readers, the translator often faces the problem to translate a live metaphor from a source language (SL) into a target language (TL).

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Lucy Khawardi
AU  - Anni Holila Pulungan
AU  - Amrin Saragih
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Strategies of Translation in Live Metaphors in Sumatera Folklores Into English
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 408
EP  - 411
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/aisteel-18.2018.88
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