TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY OF SIMILE AND METAPHOR IN THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY NOVEL BY MATT HAIG
Abstract
Metaphor and simile are types of figurative language widely used in literary works especially novels. This research is aimed to find out the translation techniques used to translate sentences and utterances containing simile and metaphor, and to identify the level of accuracy of these translations in The Midnight Library novel. This research used the framework of translation techniques (Molina & Albir, 2002) and accuracy (Nababan, 2012). Descriptive qualitative method was used to analyze the data. The results show that 10 techniques were used to translate simile and metaphor, including established equivalent (60.25%), amplification (14.1%), borrowing (6.35%), linguistic amplification (4.85%), linguistic compression (0.4%), reduction (5.05%), literal (6.05%), discursive creation (2.7%), generalization (0.4%), and variation (0.4%). In terms of accuracy, 30.8% are considered accurate, 40.4% are less accurate, and 28.85% are inaccurate by the rater. It can be concluded that established equivalent is mostly used because the translator uses many direct equivalents in the TL. Meanwhile, the assessment results are mostly considered less accurate, because although many words are translated using direct equivalents, the translation does not fit the existing context. There are also additions or subtractions of words that can affect the entire sentence of the translation.References
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