The Relationship between Education and Crime Analysis (1991-2016): A Case Study of Pakistan

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 for better understanding the author’s writing intention. The words of figure of speech usually organized in difference ways instead of straight forward telling. Furthermore, translating figure of speech has its own characteristics, since it should not only keep the characteristics of the original text, but also let the translation have the same rhetorical effect. This research is a documentary research, 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 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, 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.