STRATEGIES OF TRANSLATION IN LIVE METAPHORS IN SUMATERA FOLKLORES INTO ENGLISH

The research dealt with Strategies of Translation in live metaphors in the
Sumatera Folklores. The aims of this study were to analyze the strategies applied
in the translation live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores, to describe the
realization of translation strategies in the translation live metaphors in the
Sumatera Folklores, and to explain the reason for translation strategies realization
in the Sumatera Folklores. The research was conducted by using qualitative
design. The data of this study were live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores. The
source of data were 15 folklores in Sumatera. The data were collected through
documentary technique and the instrument for collecting the data was
documentary sheet. The technique of data analysis was descriptive. The findings
of this study revealed that: (1) The live metaphors in the Sumatera Folklores were
translated by applying four translation strategies, namely: Keeping the
metaphorical image (77.55%), Translation into simile (14.28%), Substituting
metaphor of the receptor language which has the same meaning (6.12%),
Translating into simile plus sense (2.04%). (2) The live metaphors in the
Sumatera Folklores into English by applying two process, namely: Single Strategy
(91.83%), Double Strategies (8.16%). (3) The reason behind the occurance of
strategies that used in translating metaphor, namely social cultural context.
Metaphors often become the problem in translation and in accordance with
translation, the metaphors must be translated from source language (SL) into
target language (TL) very carefully in order to avoid misunderstanding.