Choosing the right words


Wong (left) sharing a light moment with Prof Narimah (right) as they browse through copies of his book in English and the translated version in Bahasa Malaysia. With them are the book translators (from second right) Tan, Siti Nurhidayah and Nuraisyahtul Aainaa. — Photos: MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star

FINDING the perfect word to translate another word in another language can be exasperating.

Sometimes, the denotation stays but the connotation can be lost or skewed in the translation.

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