01:31 Oct 9, 2010 |
English to Malay translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Hiburan | |||||||
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3 +1 | terpesona (dengan) selebriti |
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4 | tergamam |
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3 | terpegun |
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3 | tersilau bintang |
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terpegun Explanation: (melihat bintang filem) |
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terpesona (dengan) selebriti Explanation: translation in context: I feel like a star struck teenager meeting with Karl Lagerfeld. => Saya rasa seperti belasan tahun yang terpesona selebriti bila berjumpa dengan Karl Lagerfeld. my rationale for the suggestion: - no official malay equivalent to star-struck as yet, so open to something that creatively captures the sense. - the meaning of star-struck in english is impressed and fascinated by fame/celebrities. - i suggest using the word terpesona because i feel it describes best the nature of being impressed here. i feel that kagum would be too positive and terpegun would be too much. - the KIMD translation of celebrity is orang terkenal/termasyhur. that sounds too formal and wordy. a two-word translation is probably preferable. - selebriti is not an official malay word but it is used quite a lot in popular media. i feel that it does capture the informal and not so flattering sense (on the person feeling it) of the word star-struck. |
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tergamam Explanation: tergamam (Malay words): refers to a situation that have happened suddenly or too rapid. It also will be use to describe a `shocked` , `stunned` or `surprised ` situation faced by a person. |
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tersilau bintang Explanation: This is an attempt at a literal translation of the expression. The meaning should be obvious from the context. Example sentence(s):
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