Follow the call of the tides of their heart

Malay translation: mengikut seruan kata hati

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English term or phrase:	Follow the call of the tides of their heart
Malay translation:	mengikut seruan kata hati
Entered by:	Azmah Zakariah

13:25 Jan 18, 2019

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English term or phrase: Follow the call of the tides of their heart

To explain the character of people according to birthstone.
"The more Pearl people follow the call of the tides of their heart, the happier they are!" > how to transcreate this in Malay.
"Lebih banyak orang Mutiara mengikutkan perasaan/kata hati mereka, lebih gembiralah mereka!" > is this what the sentence means?

Azmah Zakariah KudoZ activity Questions: 15 (1 open) Answers: 2 Malaysia
Local time: 21:18

mengikut seruan kata hati

Explanation:
You can possibly omit the "waves" part..

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Muhammad Syafiq Suresh Abdullah
Malaysia
Local time: 21:18

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Summary of answers provided

mengikut aliran kata hati mereka

Beng Suan Toh

mengikut seruan kata hati

Muhammad Syafiq Suresh Abdullah

menyahut/mengikut panggilan detik/kata hati mereka

yam2u

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Answers

1 hr confidence:

follow the call of the tides of their heart mengikut aliran kata hati mereka

Explanation:
Figuratively, following the call of the tides of the heart means to have the tendency to follow their feelings. According to Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka/ Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu, one of the meanings of tide is tendency ie. "arus" or "aliran" in Malay.

Example sentence(s):

The more Pearl people follow the call of the tides of their heart, the happier they are!
Lebih banyak orang Mutiara mengikut aliran kata hati mereka, lebih gembiralah mereka!

Reference: http://prpmv1.dbp.gov.my/Search.aspx?k=Tide

Beng Suan Toh
Malaysia
Local time: 21:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Ms Beng!

2 days 11 hrs confidence:

follow the call of the tides of their heart menyahut/mengikut panggilan detik/kata hati mereka

Explanation:

Possible sentence: Lebih banyak orang Mutiara menyahut panggilan detik hati mereka, lebih gembiralah mereka!

[The suggestion of menyahut panggilan detik hati mereka sounds corny, but since the source text is corny... :D ]

What is important here to me is the word call should not go untranslated. I see the it as the operative word in a sentence that is about speaking about listening to one's instinct.

Please note that mengikut perasaan hati would be quite wrong as that is another thing altogether. That is talking about being impulsive. :)

yam2u
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Malay,

English
PRO pts in category: 23

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Yam!

3 days 13 hrs confidence:

follow the call of the tides of their heart

mengikut seruan kata hati

Explanation:
You can possibly omit the "waves" part..

Muhammad Syafiq Suresh Abdullah
Malaysia
Local time: 21:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Malay
PRO pts in category: 3

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