scholarly journals Cultural Terms in Translation: Techniques and Gaps

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Dr. Ramesh Prasad Adhikary
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Cultural Terms ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Back Translation

The article entitled Techniques and Gaps in Translation of Cultural Terms is an attempt to find out the techniques adopted in translates in cultural terms an observe gaps in the process of translation. The main purpose of this study has to evaluate the techniques of translation of cultural words and to find out the gaps. For this purpose, the researcher collected cultural terms as corpus of data for the study from Nepali cultural words and the corresponding translated words from the English language. They were categorized them into five different categories. Findings of the study shows that ten different techniques such as literal, addition, deletion, claque, back translation, borrowing, definition are to be found to have been employed in translating cultural words of the novel. Among them literal translation was the most frequent which cover most of the part in translation. Similarly six types of gap were found in this study.

scholarly journals Techniques of Translating Interjection in the Novel “Looking For Alaska” in Terms of Functions, Meanings, and Categories

E-Structural ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Muhammad Izzul Wahid ◽  
Achmad Basari
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The objective of this research is to find out the functions, meanings, and categories of interjections, and the translation technique practiced by the Indonesian translator to translate English interjection found in the novel Looking for Alaska or Mencari Alaska in Indonesian. This research is adopting a descriptive qualitative, with the novel of Looking for Alaska and Mencari Alaska as the primary source of the data. Since the data collection of interjections is found in the book, it can be classified as content analysis. The researchers found out that there are six translation techniques used by the translators to translate interjections, six kinds of interjections in terms of functions and meanings, and three kinds of interjections in terms of categories found in the novel. Those six translation techniques are 164 interjections (41,21%) for literal translation technique, 49 interjections (12,31%) for translation by using an interjection with similar meaning and form technique, 61 interjection (15,33%) for translation by using an interjection with different forms, but the same meaning, 11 interjections (2,76%) for partly deleted omission technique, 9 interjections (2,26%) for total deleted omission technique, 8 interjections (2,01%) for addition technique, 58 interjections (10,80%) for pure borrowing technique, and 53 interjections (13,32%) for naturalized borrowing technique. From the research finding of the interjection regarding functions and meanings, there is a total of 419 types of English interjections where the researchers divided into six classes. Those types of function are: 5 (1,19%) data of interjection are used to greet, 35 (8,35%) data of interjection are used to express joy, 57 (13,37%) data of interjection are used to get attention, 169 (40,33) data of interjection are used to express approval, 120 (28,64%) data of interjection are used to express a surprise, and 34 (8,11) data of interjection used to express sorrow. Then from the research finding of interjection regarding category, there is a total of 419 data of English interjections where the researchers divided into three classes, those classes are 72 (17,18%) data of primary interjection, 336 (80,19%) data of secondary, and 11 (2,63%) data of onomatopoeic interjection. The findings of this study show that the translation techniques mostly used by the translators to translate an English interjection is translation by literal translation and translation by borrowing technique. In contrast, the least used translation technique is the addition technique that the translators rarely used it to translate the interjection.Keywords: Interjection, Interjection Translation, Looking for Alaska, Mencari Alaska, Translation Technique.

scholarly journals THE USE OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES IN TRANSLATING CULTURAL WORDS IN THE DA VINCI CODE NOVEL FROM ENGLISH INTO BAHASA INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Deny Kuswahono
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Original Novel ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cultural Terms ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to identify techniques of translation that are applied in translating cultural words in The Da Vinci Code novel from English into Bahasa Indonesia and interpreting the reason of the translator in applying those techniques. This study uses descriptive and qualitative approach. The cultural words found in the novel were collected in tables and categorized based on five types of culture that are proposed by Newmark. Result of the study shows that there are 171 cultural terms and there are six Molina and Albir’s techniques of translation applied by the translator, those are transposition with 23 occurrences, pure borrowing with 118 occurrences, naturalized borrowing with 10 occurrences, calque with seven occurrences, established equivalence with four occurrences, and discursive creation with nine occurrences. Pure borowing is the technique applied most by the translator. This was done by the translator in order that information conveyed by the author of the original novel could be accepted by the target readers accurately.    

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 The Accuracy of the English-Indonesian of Cultural Terms in Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214
Author(s):  
Dinda Anjasmara Puspita ◽  
Rudi Hartono
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Cultural Terms ◽  
Loan Word ◽  
Word Translation ◽  
Cultural Categorization

This study attempted to analyze the accuracy of cultural terms translation in A Thousand Splendid Suns novel. The objectives of the study were to describe types of cultural terms found in the novel, to identify translation strategies used, and to analyze their accuracy. This study was conducted qualitatively. Text analysis was done by comparing the original and the translated novel. The results of the study showed that there were 108 data of cultural terms that were classified into cultural categorization (ecology, material culture, social culture, organizations, customs, and ideas). The accuracy of cultural terms translation was presented in each categorization of cultural terms. The analysis of accuracy translation was supported by the accuracy scale given by three expert raters, and it later combined the strategies employed by the translator in translating cultural terms translation: translation by changing the lexicon, by translation by loan word, translation by cultural substitution, translation by paraphrasing using unrelated words, literal translation, translation by more general words, translation by less expressive word, and last one translation by omission. Four categorizations of cultural terms translation in the Indonesian translated novel were classified into accurate translation.

scholarly journals Imperative Sentences in the Novel The Lost World

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Risa Al Adewiya
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Total Data ◽  
Final Score ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research aimed to find the translation techniques used to translate the imperative sentences and the impact to the translation quality which is found in the dialogues of novel The Lost World. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected by analyzing, questioning and interviewing to the raters. The analysis was started by finding and classifying the imperative sentences based on the theory of Greenbaum and Quirk (1990). Then, analyzing the translation techniques based on the theory of Molina and Albir (2002) and analyzing the translation quality based on Nababan (2012). The researcher found 63 data of imperative sentences in novel The Lost World. There are 45 data (71,4%) imperative sentences without subject, 4 data (6,35%) of imperative sentences with subject, 2 data (3,07%) of imperative sentences with let and 12 data (19,04%) of negative imperative. The researcher also found 12 translation techniques, they are amplification 8 data (8,42%), borrowing 3 data (3,15%), compensation 5 data (5,26%), established equivalent 15 data (15,78%), linguistics amplification 2 data (2,10%), linguistics compression 7 data (7,36%), literal translation 39 data (41,05%), modulation 2 data (2,10%), particularization, 1 datum (1,05%), reduction 7 data (7,36%), transposition 2 data (2,10%), variation 4 data (4,21%) with total data 95. The result of translation quality of imperative sentences found in the dialogues of novel The Lost World is qualified or well translated with final score of translation quality is 2,83. With the 2,78 for accuracy aspect, 2,85 for the acceptability aspect and 2,91 for the readability aspect.

scholarly journals Translation of Utterances which Accommodate Responses of Expressive Criticizing and Apologizing Speech Acts

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
Ramadan AB ◽  
M.R. Nababan ◽  
Djatmika
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Accuracy Score ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Expressive Speech ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Translation Techniques

There are a lot of foreign novels in Indonesia that are written in English. Indonesians who do not have enough knowledge about the English language need Indonesian translation. Thus, having a translator must be considered when translating a novel, most especially the response of expressive speech acts. This article observes the types of response towards expressive criticizing and apologizing speech acts. It also observes the translation technique used to translate a response of specific expressive speech acts and its quality in terms of accuracy. This research employs descriptive qualitative method with content analysis and Focus Group Discussion (FGD henceforth). Also, content analysis was used to categorize the types of responses. In addition, FGD was used to determine the translation technique and its accuracy. The researcher applied purposive sampling to determine the data. The data are the utterances collected through content analysis. The researcher validated the data through the use of source triangulation and methodological triangulation. The data are limited from the four main characters in the novel. The finding shows that from 57 data, there are 18 types of responses. In addition, there are 14 translation techniques used. Furthermore, the accuracy score is 2.77.

scholarly journals TRANSLATION ANALYSIS OF RESPOND-TO-REQUEST IN 'THE LOST HERO' AND 'THE SON OF NEPTUNE' NOVELS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Dewinta Khoirul Anis
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Analysis ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research aims to analyze the translation techniques used and assess the translation quality in the form of accuracy and acceptability assessment on respond-to-request speech acts of The Lost Hero and The Son of Neptune novel series written by Rick Riordan. This research used a qualitative-descriptive method whose data sources were the novel series and two raters who had aptitudes in assessing translation quality. The methods to collect and analyze the data were content analysis and Focus Group Discussion. The study found 11 translation techniques applied in translating the respond-to-request speech acts. They were establish equivalent, variation, borrowing, modulation, amplification, adaptation, discursive creation, transposition, reduction, literal translation, and substitution. Dealing with the quality, the findings showed that most translations were accurate and acceptable. The majority of accurate translations used established equivalent technique. The less accurate translations applied modulation, amplification addition, discursive creation, literal translation and reduction whereas the inaccurate ones applied literal translation technique. Meanwhile, the majority of acceptable translations used establish equivalent and he less acceptable translations applied modulation, amplification addition, and discursive creation. Thus, this research proposes that the use of appropriate translation techniques is very important for the results of quality translation that is easily understood by the reader.

TRANSLATION ANALYSIS OF PROMISING AND OFFERING UTTERANCES IN FORREST GUMP MOVIE

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Anita Dwianasari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Dynamic Equivalence ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Translation Analysis ◽  
Translation Techniques

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the promising and offering utterances in commissive of speech act, translation techniques and its equivalences in Forrest Gump movie subtitles. The method used is qualitative method. The results showed several techniques employed, such as adaptation, borrowing, established equivalent, linguistic compression, literal translation, modulation, particularization, reduction, transposition, and variation. The translation technique mostly used is established equivalence. For the shift rendering in source text and target text in Forrest Gump movie subtitles, it is concluded that mostly the data do not occur any shift in promising or offering utterances. Also, in terms of translation equivalence, the dominant kind of translation equivalence in this research is dynamic equivalence.

The Novel in English in Malaya and Singapore to 1950

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
East Asia ◽  
English Language ◽  
Joseph Conrad ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
East India Company ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Novel ◽  
English East India Company

This chapter looks at the representations of the former British Straits Settlements in English fiction from 1819 to 1950, discussing both British literary works that are located in South East Asia and English-language novels from Singapore and Malaysia. Although over the centuries, Europeans of various nationalities had located, intermarried, and established unique cultures throughout the region, writing in the English language at first remained confined to travel accounts, histories, and some largely anecdotal fiction, mostly by civil servants. English East India Company employees wrote about the region, often weaving anecdotal sketches into their historical, geographical, and cultural descriptions. Civil servant Hugh Clifford and Joseph Conrad are the two most prominent writers of fiction set in the British Straits Settlements during the nineteenth century; they also epitomize two opposing camps in representing the region.

The Oxford History of the Novel in English

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book History ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Novel ◽  
History Of The Novel ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

Volume Nine of this series traces the development of the ‘world novel’, that is, English-language novels written throughout the world, beyond Britain, Ireland, and the United States. Focusing on the period up to 1950, the volume contains survey chapters and chapters on major writers, as well as chapters on book history, publishing, and the critical contexts of the work discussed. The text covers periods from renaissance literary imaginings of exotic parts of the world like Oceania, through fiction embodying the ideology and conventions of empire, to the emergence of settler nationalist and Indigenous movements and, finally, the assimilations of modernism at the beginnings of the post-imperial world order. The book, then, contains chapters on the development of the non-metropolitan novel throughout the British world from the eighteenth to the mid twentieth centuries. This is the period of empire and resistance to empire, of settler confidence giving way to doubt, and of the rise of indigenous and post-colonial nationalisms that would shape the world after World War II.

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