Translation Strategies and Quality of Metaphor in “Twilight” Novel By Stephanie Meyer

This study focused on the analysis of the translation strategies and resulted translation quality in rendering metaphors found in the Twilight novel. The analysis involved the translation strategies by Newmark (1988) and translation quality by Hartono (2016). The results showed that there were seven translation strategies utilized by the translator in rendering the metaphors in the Twilight novel from Indonesian into English with total metaphors were 164. Those metaphors were translated using translation strategies: reproducing the same metaphorical image in the target language 48 times (29%), replacing the metaphorical image in the source language with a standard metaphorical image in the target language with 25 times (15%), translating metaphor by simile by maintaining the metaphorical image with 20 times (12%), translating metaphor by simile plus sense with 13 times (8%), converting a metaphor to its sense or meaning only with 44 times (29%), deleting metaphor with 7 times (4%), and translating metaphor by the same metaphor with the sense or meaning added with 7 times (4%). In terms of content quality, the translation of metaphors was dominated by good content, presentation, and mechanics quality. Moreover, the application of each translation strategy would result in different types of translation quality in terms of content, presentation and mechanics. In addition, it is suggested that the employment of translation strategy in rendering metaphor should consider deeply the existence of the same metaphor both in the source language and target language because the quality of the translation will be determined by the translation strategies.

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Parents Perspective on Translation Quality of Children Bilingual Storybooks

International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL) ◽

10.47709/ijeal.v1i2.1017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 45-51

Author(s):

Dina Maharani ◽

Chusna Apriyanti ◽

Agustina Sri Hafidah

Keyword(s):

Elementary Schools ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Target Language ◽

Data Display ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Bahasa Indonesia ◽

Learning English ◽

At Home

Parents believe that bilingual storybooks for children can be used as media for children in learning English. However, not all bilingual books have good quality in their translation. This research aims to know the parents’ perspective on the quality of translation in children’s bilingual storybooks. This is descriptive quantitative research. The data were gathered by using a questionnaire through implementing Google Form for 52 parents as respondents. Some considerations in choosing the respondents were applied, such as the parents have kindergarten and elementary schools level students and the parents use bilingual storybooks at home. The storybooks in this research consist of English and Indonesia, with Bahasa Indonesia as the source language and English as a target language. The research was conducted from April to June 2021. After being collected, the data are presented as the data display stage, and the researchers conclude. The result shows that there are 48 parents of 52 parents who consider bilingual storybooks as media. Fifty parents also buy bilingual storybooks for their children. Among the respondents, 37 parents check the language of the books, and 15 parents do not match. Forty-two parents believe that the books are qualified for learning English. There are five considerations for parents in buying books: story, picture, language, price, and publishers/authors.

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Translation Analysis of Taxis in “The Old Man and the Sea” Novel (Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach)

Theory and Practice in Language Studies ◽

10.17507/tpls.0902.16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 245

Author(s):

Arso Setyaji ◽

Sri Samiati Tarjana ◽

M. R. Nababan ◽

Tri Wiratno

Keyword(s):

Ernest Hemingway ◽

Target Language ◽

Systemic Functional Grammar ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Translation Analysis ◽

Translation Techniques ◽

Logical Semantics ◽

Clause Complex

The Old Man and the Sea is a literature work by Ernest Hemingway. It has been translated into many languages even in Indonesian by Deera Army. Hemingway used more clause complex in producing his works. It causes problems in translation such as: translators should give more attention to the translation techniques used, readability decrease, and etc. On the other hand, Deera Army solved those problems by splitting the clause complex into shorter one. It is needed to conduct a study in how to make translation of complex clause. This study can be clearly conducted by using Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) approach. In addition, this study is aimed at: (1) describing how can be interdependency and logical semantics of complex clause in source language realized into interdependency and logical semantics of complex clause in target language of The Old Man and the Sea Novel (2) describing what translation techniques on taxis markers are used in translating from source language to target language (3) describing translation quality of clause complex translation in target language. The result of the analysis showed that there are 400 sentences which have been broken into 701 clauses. Based on the analysis, there are paratactic and hypotactic form. Paratactic took 65.30% and hypotactic, 34.50%. All of them affect translation quality. Based on the analysis, the average of accuration takes up 2.89, naturalness with 2.96 and readibility with 2.97. The writer suggests that the next researcher can conduct the same research in the deeper way.

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KAJIAN TEKNIK, METODE, IDEOLOGI PENERJEMAHAN PADA KOMIK BABY BLUES SIAGA SATU ANAK PERTAMA KARYA RICK KIRKMAN DAN JERRY SCOTT DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KUALITAS TERJEMAHAN

PARAFRASE Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan & Kesastraan ◽

10.30996/parafrase.v17i1.1361 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hosnol Wafa’ ◽

Indra Tjahyadi

Keyword(s):

Speech Act ◽

Target Language ◽

Source Language ◽

Form And Function ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Translation Technique ◽

Baby Blues ◽

And Function ◽

Data Medium

Abstract. The objectives of this study are Analysis of techniques, methods, and ideologiesused by translator on translation form and function directive illocutionary of speech act and to assess the quality of translation form and function directive illocutionary of speech act used in bilingual comic Baby Blues siaga satu anak pertama from accuracy, acceptability, and readability of translation aspects. This research was a descriptive, qualitative, and embedded research of translation. The finding of this study shows; first, 273 data of directive illocutionary utterances applied 11 function, such as commanding, asking, asserting, inviting, requesting, ordering, advicing, suggesting, urgeing, rejecting, forbiding, recommending, reminding, and convinceing. Second, 273 data of directive illocutionary utterances analyzed, translation technique identified 248 data oriented to source language and 163 data oriented to target language. Thirth, concerning with translation quality of directive illocutionary speech act utterance in comic Baby Blues siaga satu anak pertama can be concluded that the translation is accurate. In this case is showed from 255 data constitute the translation accurate, 17 data less accurate, and 1 data not accurate, 254 data acceptability, 18 data less acceptability, and 1 data not acceptability, then 161 data high readability, 97 data medium readability, and 15 data low readability translation. Keywords: Directiveillocutionary, Techniques, Methods, Ideologies, Translation quality

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Bridging Pragmatic Gap in Translation Process through Developing Pragmatic Awareness

Journal for the Study of English Linguistics ◽

10.5296/jsel.v4i1.9667 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

Vahid Rafieyan

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

The Other ◽

Target Language ◽

Source Text ◽

Translation Process ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Pragmatic Awareness ◽

Positive Effect

In order for the translator to be able to translate the source text into the target language in a relevant way, the strata of the translated text through which relevance can be obtained (pragmatic, pragmatic-semantic, and semantic strata) should be equalized to that of the source text (Li & Luo, 2004). The translator can achieve this by raising his/her awareness of the source and target language pragmatic perspectives. To investigate the actual effect of developing knowledge of pragmatic perspectives of the source language and the target language on the quality of translation of culture-bound texts, the current study was conducted on 64 Iranian undergraduate students of English translation. The study consisted of three phases: 1) administering a culture-bound text to be translated by all participants, 2) dividing participants into two groups: one merely receiving translation exercises while the other receiving metapragmatic discussions of the pragmatic perspectives of the source language along with translation exercises, and 3) assessing the translation quality of both groups immediately and two months following the treatment. The study revealed the significant positive effect of pragmatic instruction on improving the quality of translation of culture-bound texts and maintaining the obtained knowledge. The pedagogical implications of the findings suggested incorporating the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic perspectives of the source language and their distinctions with the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic perspectives of the target language into translation classes as an integral part of translation classes.

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KUALITAS HASIL TERJEMAHAN GOOGLE TRANSLATE DARI BAHASA ARAB KE BAHASA INDONESIA

Al Mi'yar: Jurnal Ilmiah Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban ◽

10.35931/am.v3i1.205 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 127

Author(s):

Hidayatul Khoiriyah

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Machine Translation ◽

Human Life ◽

Target Language ◽

Arabic Text ◽

Grammatical Structure ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

The development of technology has a big impact on human life. The existence of a machine translation is the result of technological advancements that aim to facilitate humans in translating one language into another. The focus of this research is to examine the quality of the google translate machine in terms of vocabulary accuracy, clarity, and reasonableness of meaning. Data of mufradāt taken from several Arabic translation dictionaries, while the text is taken from the phenomenal work of Dr. Aidh Qorni in the book Lā Tahzan. The method used in this research is the translation critic method. The results showed that in terms of the accuracy of vocabulary and terms, Google Translate has a good translation quality. In terms of clarity and reasonableness of meaning, google translate has not been able to transmit ideas from the source language well into the target language. Furthermore, in grammatical, the results of the google translate translation do not have a grammatical arrangement, the results of the google translate translation do not have a good grammatical structure and are by following the rules that applied in the target Indonesian language.From the data, it shows that google translate should not be used as a basis for translating an Arabic text into Indonesian, especially in translating verses of the Qur'ān and Hadīts. A beginner translator should prefer a dictionary rather than using google translate to effort and improve the ability to translate.Key Words: Translation, Google Translate, Arabic

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Translation Strategies of Figurative Language in the Novel The Fault in Our Stars

K ta Kita ◽

10.9744/katakita.8.1.101-115 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 101-115

Author(s):

Deby Angelia

Keyword(s):

Figurative Language ◽

Target Language ◽

Original Text ◽

The Novel ◽

Translation Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Strategy

This research wanted to help the reader to understand about the classification of translation strategies in the novel The Fault in Our Stars. The writer used Larson’s (1998), proposes three strategies to translate figurative language. The writer was interested in analyzing the figurative language because there are many kinds of implicit meaning in figurative language; she felt that it was interesting to be analyzed. Besides, the writer chose a novel because it explains the story more detail than others such as movie. She chose The Fault in Our Stars novel because the story is quite touched and there are a lot of figurative languages on its novel. The writer hope that the translated meaning of figurative language can be the same as the original text. Keywords: Translation, Translation Strategy, Figurative Language, Source Language, Target Language.

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The Translation Strategies of Metaphors in the Movies Mulan and Moana

Lexicon ◽

10.22146/lexicon.v6i2.53154 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Prasna Audri Alanisa ◽

Aris Munandar

Keyword(s):

Target Language ◽

Translation Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Strategy

This study analyzes the metaphor in the movies Mulan and Moana. The objectives of this research are to identify the strategy in the translation of metaphor and to explain the motive in using the translation strategy. This research employs several theories such as Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) theory to identify the metaphor, Newmark’s (1988) theory to categorize the translation strategy. The result of this study shows that out of seven strategies, three strategies are employed to translate the metaphor in the movies. Those strategies are 1) reproducing the same image as the source language, 2) replacing the image into a different image in the target language, and 3) converting the image into sense. The strategy of reproducing the same image is used when the metaphorical image is acceptable in the target language. The strategy of replacing the image into a different image is employed when the SL image is uncommon and there is an equal image in the target language. When the metaphorical image is not familiar and there is no equal image in the target language, converting the image into the sense is applied in translating the metaphor.

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AN ANALYSIS ON THE TRANSLATION OF REPETITIVE INDONESIAN ADJECTIVE INTO ENGLISH

Journal of Language and Literature ◽

10.35760/jll.2019.v7i1.2001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 63-70

Author(s):

Arsiwela

Keyword(s):

English Translation ◽

Target Language ◽

Translation Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Literal Translation ◽

Translation Strategy ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Descriptive Method ◽

Language Text

The function of translation is to convey meaning or message from source language text into target language text. However, in translating, the translator will face some problems, for example is the translation of repetitive Indonesian adjectives. This study investigates how repetitive Indonesian adjectives are translated into English. Indonesian has repetitive adjectives such as tinggi-tinggi, cantik-cantik, and jauh-jauh and the English translation of the repetition is not tall-tall, beautiful-beautiful, and far-far respectively. The method applied in this study is qualitative descriptive method. The data will be categorized and classified and then analyzed in accordance with the principle, translation strategies, and relevant theories. The result of the study shows that literal translation strategy and transposition strategy are the most frequent strategy used by the translator. Some of them are translated in the different form grammatically but the meaning of the message in source language is well maintained into the target language. The principle of translation employed by the translator to translate Indonesian repetitive adjective is meaning.

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Translation Strategies of Food-Related Culture Specific Items in Indonesian Subtitle of Netflix Series The Final Table

Insaniyat Journal of Islam and Humanities ◽

10.15408/insaniyat.v4i2.14668 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 149-162

Author(s):

Muhammad Farkhan ◽

Li Unsyah Naimah ◽

M. Agus Suriadi

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Research Design ◽

Common Factor ◽

Target Language ◽

Primary Data ◽

Translation Strategies ◽

Source Language ◽

Direct Translation ◽

Translation Strategy

This study aims to find out strategies used in the translation of food-related culture-specific items in Netflix cooking show, The Final Table of UK and USA episodes, and factors that influence the choice of strategies used in translating these items. The study uses discourse analysis as a research design relying on corpuses or food terminologies in Indonesian subtitle and their original as its primary data. All data were marked bold, rewritten, sorted, and classified in accordance with the identified themes of the culture-specific items. The collected data were qualitatively analyzed using Pedersen’s translation strategy, particularly for culture-specific items. The study found out that there were 51 food-related culture-specific items in the source language (SL) with their translations, and there were five translation strategies employed by the translator in rendering these items, namely retention, specification, direct translation, generalization, and substitution. Retention was the most frequently used strategy as it resembled 35 times in the data. The most common factor identified was the non-existence of the source language foodstuff terms in the target language as it existed 21 times out of 51 data. This study recommends the translators of this Netflix to consider the culture when translating from the SL to the target language (TL).

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ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION RUBRIC ON ISLAMIC WEBSITE

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2020.83118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 1158-1165

Author(s):

Nandang Nursaleh ◽

Fira Pujia Nuraini ◽

Bayu Sekar Sari ◽

Muhammad Zulfi Abdul Malik

Keyword(s):

High Accuracy ◽

Target Language ◽

Original Version ◽

Quality Of Education ◽

Grammatical Structure ◽

Readability Score ◽

Source Language ◽

Translation Quality ◽

Translation Techniques

Purpose: Website translation requires an advanced translation to make the message transferred comprehensively. The purpose of this research was to analyze the translation quality of the Islamqa.info/id website in Indonesian as the Target Language (TL), translated from its original version in Arabic website, Islamqa.info/ar, as the Source Language (SL). Methodology: To discover the quality of translation work, three aspects could be rated: accuracy, acceptance, and readability. The more accurate, acceptable, and readable the translated version is, the easier the text will be understood, according to Mangatur Nababan's theory. Main Findings: The type of sentences and translation techniques were considered as the factors that could affect the translation quality. There were four types of sentences and seven techniques used in three articles from the "Education" section on Islamqa.info/id. From the analysis, it was found that the translation quality was scored 1.91 from the scale of 3.00. Implications/Applications: The implication of this research for translators, language scientists, researchers, teachers, or students is to make a good quality translation with high accuracy, acceptance, and readability score, a translator should be aware of internal and external aspects of the target language--not the source language only, since this research found that one expression could be commonly used in one language yet strange for other language's use. Novelty/Originality of this study: The results of this research could be considered for those who work on a website translation job, from Arabic to Indonesian, in particular. Since Arabic and Indonesian languages are very different from each other in terms of grammatical structure and form of expressions thus, this study has offered useful and practical suggestions for the translation of these languages.

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