Semantic Changes in Translation of Euphemism and Dysphemism in Tempo Magazine

Abstract

This research aims at identifying the semantic changes in the translation of euphemism and dysphemism of news text of Tempo Magazine. This research used a descriptive qualitative method and took the data from bilingual Tempo Magazine edition 2019 with Indonesian in a source language and its translation into English. The result shows that 6 types of semantic change occur in the translation of euphemism and dysphemism of Tempo Magazines such as semantic broadening, semantic narrowing, semantic metaphor, semantic pejoration, semantic amelioration, and semantic metonymy. When euphemism or dysphemism are translated into the same categories, they undergo semantic broadening, narrowing, metonymy or metaphor. While semantic change pejorations occur when euphemism is translated into dysphemism and semantic change ameliorations occur when dysphemism is translated into euphemism. Even though there are changing of the meaning from the earlier one to the new one in the translation of euphemism and dysphemism, the sense relation still tied the words up so they still have a relation between them

The Use of Euphemisms in the Book of “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho

“…The discussion of death remains a sensitive topic for many individuals, leading to the use of euphemisms as a means of avoiding direct discourse. This avoidance can be attributed to the fear that death evokes in people (Ariani et al, 2020). To facilitate communication and ease the discomfort associated with death-related discussions, individuals may resort to using familiar, less jarring language (Mohammed & Majeed, 2020).…”

“…Euphemisms in an unpleasant situation means that the situations are painful, in some way, the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time (Safa, 2020;Ariani et al, 2020). As researchers found on the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho such as "Foreheads to the ground to be prostrated," and similar expressions in uncomfortable situations.…”

“…Euphemisms can be employed in a variety of contexts. It can help someone avoid being overly pushy and encourage polite conversation while genuinely offering a useful resource (Ariani et al, 2020). People frequently still comprehend the meaning of euphemisms even though they are not used as frequently anymore (Lingga & Rangkuti, 2021).…”

“…Which means to sound good or good speech. Euphemism refers to polite or mild phrases which substitute unpleasant ways of saying something sad (Safa, 2020;Ariani et al, 2020). In other words, euphemism makes things sound sweeter than their natural meaning.…”

An Analysis of Students’ Indonesian-English Translation of Dysphemism and Euphemism Expression on Online News Text

“…There are some researchers that applied componential analysis in their journals, Ariani et al (2020) applied componential analysis to find out the semantic change in euphemism and dysphemism on news text of Tempo Magazine edition 2019 and they found that there are six types of semantic change such as semantic broadening, semantic narrowing, semantic metaphor, semantic pejoration, semantic amelioration, and semantic metonymy. Furthermore, Matondang et al (2020) describes the meaning aspect analysis was performed to analyze euphemism or dysphemism utterances by showing the components that make up the meaning of utterance and evaluating them with the components of neutral utterance.…”