Five Examples of Translation Techniques

Translation has many techniques. Here I would like to give you examples of four techniques.

Amplification

Introduce the detail that are not formulated in source text. Opposite with reduction technique.

Example:

Source Language	Target Language
Ramadhan tiba	Ramadhan, Holy month of fasting for Muslims comes
Saya sangat suka Ketupat	I like Ketupat, cube form of rice cake that covered with young coconut leaves
Mendoan	Mendoan, soybean which covered of wheat flour and fried half-cooked
Bladak	Bladak, various vegetable that fried with flour.
Saya suka Batik	I love Batik, a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique.

Transportation

Change a grammatical category.

Example:

Source Language	Target Language
Rina adalah pemilik buku-buku itu	Rina is the owner of those books
Buku pegangan para penerjemah	A handout for translators
Jari kakiku patah	I broke my toes
Bahagia selamanya	Happly ever after
Teknik-teknik dalam penerjemahan	The techniques of translation

Modulation

change the point of view focus or cognitive

Source Language	Target Language
This handout just for children	This handout is supposed to young learners
Mary has a new mother now	Mary has a step mother now
This book is for collage	This book is for adult learner
I can eat a horse now	I am very hungry
I go to school to fill out the gaps	I go to school to get knowledge

Adaptation

To replace a source text cultural element with one from the target culture

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