scholarly journals Finding appropriate techniques in translating Sundanese terms of address

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-228
Author(s):  
Ina Sukaesih ◽  
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Endang Purwaningrum ◽  
Septina Indrayani ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Translation Accuracy

The research addresses how Sundanese terms of address are translated into English. It discusses specifically the translation techniques practiced by the translator which affect the quality of the translation. The data are taken from Sundanese short stories and their translation in English. The theories exercised to find out the applied techniques are based on Molina and Albir (2002). The translation quality is examined using translation quality assessment of Nababan et al (2012). The analyses are carried out using Santosa’s methods (2017), a modification of Spreadly’s, following the analysis steps of domain, taxonomy, componential and culture findings. The results show that there are five translation techniques practiced by the translator, namely established equivalent, pure borrowings, deletion, variation, and implicit. The translation quality appears to gain 2.7. This score means that the translation is quite good. While the translation accuracy takes the highest score of 2.9, followed by acceptability 2.8, and readability having 2.5.

scholarly journals TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY OF IDEATIONAL GRAMMATICAL METAPHOR TRANSLATION IN 'DIARY OF WIMPY KID' NOVELS

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Nur Indah Arfianti ◽  
MR Nababan ◽  
Riyadi Santosa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Grammatical Metaphor ◽  
New Variant ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Translation Accuracy ◽  
The Impact

The ideational grammatical metaphor is a phenomenon emerging in lexico-grammar which causes new variant construction that is different from its original meaning and grammatical class. This article aims at classifying the translation techiques applied in Jeff Kinney’s Diary of Wimpy Kid novels and also the impact of its application in translating ideational grammatical metaphor which deals with accuracy aspect in translation quality assessment. This research was classified as descriptive-qualitative research with embedded case study research and it used systemic functional linguistics as its approach.. content analysis and focus group discussion were used for obtaining data. The data consisted of linguistic, that is the words representing ideational grammatical metaphors, and translation data, i.e: the analyses of translation techniques and translation accuracy. The techniques were analyzed by using Molina & Albir (2002) theory  whereas the accuracy was assessed based on TQA modified by Nababan, Nuraeni & Sumardiono (2012). Research findings showed that there were eight different translation techniques used for translating ideational grammatical metaphor in the novels. In addition, this average score of translation quality assessment showed that ideational grammatical metaphors in SL have been translated accurately to TL.

scholarly journals Techniques and Quality of Ironic, Cynical, and Sarcastic Expressions in Ahmad Tohari’s Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk Trilogy Indonesian – English Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-255
Author(s):  
Titik Wijayanti ◽  
Puji Astuti ◽  
Rudi Hartono
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Translation Accuracy ◽  
Equivalent Reduction

Many ironic, cynical, and sarcastic expressions are found in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy. Because of the differences of situational context and cultural background, it is not easy for the target readers to grab the information and mission or messages delivered by Ahmad Tohari in the source text. Some techniques might be chosen by the translator. The accuracy, acceptability or naturalness, and readability of the ironic, cynical, and sarcastic expressions should also be considered. The aims of the study were first to identify the translation techniques of ironic, cynical, and sarcastic expression in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy from Indonesian into English, and the second, to explore the translation accuracy, acceptability, and readability of translating ironic, cynical, and sarcastic expression in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy from Indonesian into English. The object of this study was Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk trilogy written by Ahmad Tohari translated by Rene T.A. Lysloff. This study employed embedded research design. It combined or integrated qualitative and quantitative data. The data analysis was deductively built from particular to general. The result of the translation techniques analysis shows that the most dominant translation techniques are established equivalent, reduction, and modulation. Based on the analysis, it reveals that the translation quality of ironic expression translation possesses the highest score compared with cynic and sarcastic expressions translation. It can be concluded that translation techniques influence the translation quality. It might be suggested for the future researchers to investigate how translation technique influences the translation quality.  

scholarly journals Teknik dan Kualitas Penerjemahan Frasa Washfi pada Novel Zeina Karya Nawal El Sadawi

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-98
Author(s):  
Aditya Prayogo ◽  
Fitria Sari Yunianti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Translation Techniques

This research explain the techniques and quality assessment of the translation of washfi phrases in the novel Zeina's translation by Nawal El Saadawi. This research is a part of translation criticism by using the descriptive analysis method. This research uses a qualitative approach in analyzing translation techniques by applying Newmark's theory of translation techniques. In addition, a quantitative approach is also used in assessing the quality of translation by applying the theory of translation quality assessment by Nababan. The results of this research indicate that there are 348 data on washfi phrases in the novel Zeina and 40 data on washfi phrases in this study. The techniques used in translation are 10 of 16 Newmark translation techniques. The ten techniques are literal translation technique, transference, reduction, expansion, transposition, synonymy, modulation, naturalization, paraphrasing, and recognized translation technique. As for the assessment of translation quality, the most acceptable translation qualities were literal translation techniques and synonymy techniques (77%). Meanwhile, the lowest acceptance quality was naturalization technique, which was 62%. Then, the quality of easy / high readability is in the paraphrasing technique, which is 76%. While the quality of the lowest readability is naturalization technique, which is 46%.

scholarly journals Translation Techniques and Acceptability of Onomatopoeia in Herge’s The Adventure of Tintin Comic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Inas Haninisa ◽  
Dyah Raina Purwaningsih ◽  
Raden Pujo Handoyo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Know How ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research is aimed to analyze the types of onomatopoeia, techniques of translation as well as the acceptability aspect of the translated onomatopoeia in The Adventure of Tintin comic in order to compare how English and Indonesian in naming the sound of something and know how translation techniques can affect the quality of translation products. This research used descriptive qualitative method and total sampling. This research primarily applied the theory of onomatopoeia especially the types of onomatopoeia from Thomas and Clara (2004:4), Molina and Albir’s (2002: 509) theory of translation techniques and Translation Quality Assessment (TQA) proposed by Nababan (2012: 44) which focused on acceptability aspect. The result shows that there are 121 data found in 21 comic series of Tintin. There are four types of onomatopoeia which are call of animals (19%), sound made by humans (17.3%), sound of nature (8.3%) and miscellaneous sound (55.4%). Meanwhile, techniques that are used by the translator are only five techniques. The techniques consist of adaptation (5%), borrowing (34.7%), discursive creation (19%), established equivalent (37.2%), and reduction (4.1%). At last, the translated onomatopoeia in Tintin comic are predominantly acceptable which has a total 82% of onomatopoeia, 15% belong to less acceptable, and 3% belong to unacceptable

scholarly journals Analysis of Newspeak Neologism Translation in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodorus Diaz Praditya
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
New Words ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Research Show ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

<em>This research aims to present the analysis of </em>Newspeak<em> neologism translation in George Orwell’s Nineteen-Eighty Four, in terms of the types of neologism found, the translation techniques used, and the techniques’ impact to the translation quality. It is a descriptive qualitative research using total sampling, obtaining 118 data of new words and phrasal words. The data were then grouped into several types of neologism based on proposal by Newmark (1988) and analysed for its translation techniques, using proposal of translation techniques by Molina and Albir (2002). Then, data about translation quality was obtained by employing questionnaires to three raters of translation quality. Findings of this research show that of ten types of neologism proposed by Newmark (1988), seven were found to be embodied in the data collection. 17 translation techniques are employed by the translator in form of six singular translation techniques and eleven multiple translation techniques. Based on quality assessment, it was found that the average translation quality of these terms amounted to 2.37 points, a number signifying near-high translation quality. However, there are some special cases which points out the irregularities of this result and needs further reviewing and considerations.</em>

scholarly journals The Analysis of Translation Techniques of Irony and Sarcasm in Novel Entitled The Sign Of The Four

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmawati Sukmaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Translation Accuracy ◽  
The Impact

This research was aimed to identify the translation techniques used in translating the irony and sarcasm utterances in novel entitled The Sign of the Four and to find out the translation quality appearing as the effects of those translation technique applications. This research was an qualitative research. Data of this research were utterances or sentences in the novel The Sign of The Four which involves two different languages both the SL (English) and the TL (Indonesian). This research focused on product since the research questions were formulated to be answered based on the written texts which contain ironic and sarcasm utterances. Purposive sampling technique was choosen in choosing the data. The object of this research were ironic and sarcasm utterances, type of translation technique, and translation quality which cover accuracy, acceptability, and readibility of translated text English to Indonesia of novel The Sign of  The Four. The research findings reveal that the type of sarcasm found in The Sign of The Four novel are illocutionary sarcasm and proportional sarcasm. The sarcasm marker of iilocutionary sarcasm is the manner violation. While proportional sarcasm is characterized by self contradiction. When considering the context of the utterance, the sarcastic utterances are expressed by the actor, in order to insult his partner. The irony found in the novel is the ironical interjection characterized by the unusual collocation. Translation used in translating the ironic and sarcasm utterances in this novel are; reduction, amplification (addition), compensation, transposition, adaptation, discursive creation, and calque. The impact of the use of translation techniques is on the quality of the translated text. Acceptance of the translation is worth 3 (acceptable). Translation accuracy varies from 1 to 3 (from accurate to inaccurate).

scholarly journals PENELUSURAN IDENTITAS BUDAYA NUSANTARA DALAM TEKS BERBAHASA INGGRIS

Epigram ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Sukaesih ◽  
Yoyok Sabar Waluyo ◽  
Rd Safrina
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Translation Techniques

AbstractThis paper addresses the English translation of specific Sundanese cultural references in the English Translation of selected Sundanese short stories. The issue of translatability is highlighted as the paper explores the nuances of possible meanings from the selected words. The content analysis on Watson’s English translations of selected Sundanese short stories in “Neng Maya” is framed by theoretical propositions from Molina & Albir’s translation techniques and Nababan’s translation quality assessment. Using the methods of Spradley procedure, it is revealed that the language units found in the source texts re words and phrases, while in the target texts, clauses are also found. The types of cultural words exist in the short stories are: words of emphasis, verbs, nouns, and adverbs. The translation techniques mostly used are deletion, equivalence, modulation, reinforcement, literal, and amplification. The techniques used by the translator have led to lack of translation quality, specifically the accuracy aspect.Key words: cultural references, translatability, translation techniques, translation qualityAbstrakPaper ini menyampaikan hasil penelitian tentang penerjemahan ungkapan bermuatan budaya dari beberapa cerita pendek berbahasa Sunda dalam bahasa Inggris. Masalah ‘intranslatability’ disoroti berdasarkan eksplorasi kemungkinan nuansa makna dari kata-kata yang dipilih. Analisis konten terhadap terjemahan cerita pendek dari kumpulan cerita pendek ‘Neng Maya’ yang dikerjakan oleh C.W. Watson merujuk pada teori teknik penerjemahan yang diusulkan Molina&Albir dan teori Asesmen kualitas terjemahan dari Nababn dkk. Dengan menggunakan tahapan prosedur Spradley, dalam cerita pendek yang dipilih, terdapat beberapa tipe ungkapan bermuatan budaya, yaitu: kata penegas, kata kerja, kata benda, dan kata keterangan. Sementara unit Bahasa yang digunakan dalam teks sumber adalah kata dan frasa dan dalam teks sasaran kata, frasa dan klausas. Teknik penerjemahan yang dominan digunakan adalah deletion, equivalence, modulation, reinforcement, literal, dan amplification. Penggunaan teknik yang didominasi dengan deletion menyebabkan kurangnya kualitas terjemahan, khususnya keakuratan.Kata Kunci: ungkapan bermuatan budaya, translabilitas, teknik penerjemahan, kualitas terjemahan.

scholarly journals The Influence of Translation Techniques on the Accuracy and Acceptability of Translated Utterances that Flout the Maxim of Quality

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Aresta
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Maxim Of Quality ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Translating the implied meanings in utterances is one of the trickiest situations translators may confront. One example is in translating utterances that flout the maxim of quality. When a speaker flouts the maxim of quality, they are implying further information that is not represented in the utterance. Translators use various translation techniques in order to convey the meaning of the original text in the most appropriate and acceptable form in the target text. This study investigates how translation techniques may affect the quality of a translation. The approach implemented in this study is pragmatics in translation. This study belongs to the field of descriptive qualitative research with an embedded case study. For data, we look at all the utterances which may be said to be flouting the maxim of quality in the source text and its translation. Content analysis and focus group discussion were applied as the methods to collect and analyze the data. A focus group discussion was used to assess translation quality. The majority of the data was classified as accurate and acceptable, while the rest was considered less accurate and inaccurate due to the application of the translation technique amplification (addition), discursive creation and literal translation. Some data was also found to be less acceptable due to literal translation and pure borrowing.

scholarly journals SARCASM AND THE TRANSLATION QUALITY IN THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A FUCK BOOK

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Moh. Zawawi ◽  
Devi Laila Maghfiroh
Keyword(s):  
Document Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Translation Study ◽  
Modulation Techniques ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
High Level

Sarcasm is a harsher style of satire in hurtful jokes with a specific purpose. Sarcasm is the dominant language style used in Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck. This study aims to identify sentence forms of sarcasm and analyze the translation quality of sarcastic expressions. This translation study employs a qualitative descriptive design. The research data takes the form of sentences containing sarcasm and its translation. The data is collected through document analysis, interviews, and focus group discussions. The results showed four types of sarcasm in the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck, including ridicule, satire, proximity, and humor. Besides, the translation quality of the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck has a high level of accuracy, acceptability, and readability, evidenced by the proper use of eleven translation techniques applied by the translator to 145 data. The frequent techniques contributing to the quality of translation are compensation, adaptation, transposition, and modulation techniques.

Development of a method for assessing the quality of machine translation based on ensemble methods in machine learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Kozina ◽  
Yu.S. Belov
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Translation System ◽  
Human Judgment ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Machine Translation System ◽  
Translation Systems

Automatically assessing the quality of machine translation is an important yet challenging task for machine translation research. Translation quality assessment is understood as predicting translation quality without reference to the source text. Translation quality depends on the specific machine translation system and often requires post-editing. Manual editing is a long and expensive process. Since the need to quickly determine the quality of translation increases, its automation is required. In this paper, we propose a quality assessment method based on ensemble supervised machine learning methods. The bilingual corpus WMT 2019 for the EnglishRussian language pair was used as data. The text data volume is 17089 sentences, 85% of the data was used for training, and 15% for testing the model. Linguistic functions extracted from the text in the source and target languages were used as features for training the system, since it is these characteristics that can most accurately characterize the translation in terms of quality. The following tools were used for feature extraction: a free language modeling tool based on SRILM and a Stanford POS Tagger parts of speech tagger. Before training the system, the text was preprocessed. The model was trained using three regression methods: Bagging, Extra Tree, and Random Forest. The algorithms were implemented in the Python programming language using the Scikit learn library. The parameters of the random forest method have been optimized using a grid search. The performance of the model was assessed by the mean absolute error MAE and the root mean square error RMSE, as well as by the Pearsоn coefficient, which determines the correlation with human judgment. Testing was carried out using three machine translation systems: Google and Bing neural systems, Mouses statistical machine translation systems based on phrases and based on syntax. Based on the results of the work, the method of additional trees showed itself best. In addition, for all categories of indicators under consideration, the best results are achieved using the Google machine translation system. The developed method showed good results close to human judgment. The system can be used for further research in the task of assessing the quality of translation.

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