The figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase to be effective in thinking, understanding, imagining, and conveying emotions to better understand the author’s writing intention. The words of the figure of speech usually organized in different ways instead of straightforward telling. Furthermore, translating the figure of speech has its own characteristics since it should keep the original text’s characteristics and let the translation have the same rhetorical effect. This research is documentary research that aims to study figure of speech usage in translating Chinese to Thai in the book sets of Common Knowledge about China, which are bilingual books published by Higher Education Press in 2007. In this research, the writer uses qualitative research with descriptive analysis as the method of the research. The results of the study noted that 7 types of figure of speech are found in the Thai language, which as a translation language of the book sets as following: 1) simile 2) personification 3) paradox 4) allusion 5) reduplication 6) rhetorical question and 7) onomatopoeia. Furthermore, the figure of speech usage can make the language beautiful and profound, help readers imagine images or create images in their hearts, as well as stimulate readers’ thoughts to think deeply and feel impressive.
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Yang, B., & Wongpinunwatana, W. (2019). Figure of speech in the translation of the book sets of common knowledge about China. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 5(5), 183–188. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhss.5.20002-5
