Lexical equicalence

Lexical equicalence

The notion that translation involves merely replacing words in one language with words in another is probably the most common  one held by the general public . look at the examples below

INDONESIAN                            ENGLISH

Kucing                                      cat

Buku                                         book

Kaya                                         rich

Makan                                       eat

But if translation were merely the replacement of words, the appropriate procedure  would be to  consult a bilingual dictionary .such a dictionary would  contain a list  os SL words  with  a corresponding list  list of TL words like the examples above

Anyone who has ever attempt translation will be aware of how illusory all this is .it is true that translation is concered with can sometimes be misleading.do you still remember  that ost English information in your vocabulary lesson .how could you say that “blue”means”biru” when I have in ind  the other  meaning  or meanings of that word?so the best way to know the Indonesian equivalent of that words would be through context.

He is wearing glasses

My son has broken a glass

The door is made of glass

The meaning of the word “glass”in the three sentence above is determined by the specific context in which it is used .being “kacamata”,”gelas’,and”kaca”

Thus translation is more than just replacing words in one language say L1, with words in one language ,L2,or vive versa .it also includes some other linguistic considerations ,notably syntactical and semantical bearings