ABSTRACT
This research paper entitled “An Analysis of Figurative Language Translation in Sidney Sheldon’s Novel: Are You Afraid of The Dark?” attempted to answer the two questions as follow; 1) What kinds of figurative language are translated in the novel?; 2) What kinds of translation method are applied by the translator in translating the figurative language?
In conducting this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The data were 118 sentences that contains figurative languages.
The research findings showed that there were twelve figurative language found in the novel. Personification is the most frequent figurative language used by the SL writer. The underlying reason for this is the SL writer intended to make the story seems more real and make the story more imaginative in the reader’s perspective.