Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Vol 3 Issue 1 March 2022

TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE ON CULTURAL TERMS: RONGGENG DUKUH PARUK AND ITS TRANSLATION THE DANCER

Aulia Nisa’ Khusnia (Universitas Perwira Purbalingga)
Elisa Nurul Laili (Universitas Hasyim Asy’ari)
Anisah Hanif (Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Mar 2022

Abstract

The goal of this study is to outline the translation strategies used in The Dancer, the translation of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk. Novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk was originally published in Bahasa Indonesia. The Javanese terms found in the novel are essential to reveal further. The translator faces a significant challenge in transferring Javanese cultural terms into English. This research is a descriptive-qualitative study that uses documents in both of the novels as data sources. The documents are a novel entitled "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and its English translation. The data includes linguistic and statistical data in translation. The linguistic data was collected through data analysis and translation. The result is the use of the techniques such as borrowing, calque, transposition, description, generalization, compensation, and established equivalence are all translation techniques. Borrowing and calque are used to translate words into words, which is a characteristic in translating. Transposition and description are phraseto-phrase translations. For word to phrase, there are description and generalization, as well as phrase to word found in established equivalence technique.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

FRASA

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal is a journal of English education, literature, and linguistics. This journal must be written in English. Each issue contains essays on a wide range of authors and literary texts in English, aimed at readers within schools, universities, and colleges. ...