Analysis of Translation Techniques and Quality of Charactonyms in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

Abstract

<p>The object of this study is translation of the charactonyms in the book <em>The Silmarillion</em> by J. R. R. Tolkien. This objective of this study is to analyze the techniques used by the translator in translating the charactonyms and the impact of the techniques on the quality of the translation in terms of accuracy and acceptability. The data are charactonyms found the book, their translations and the quality assed by researcher and informants. The data are collected using content analysis and focus group discussion. The researcher found 196 charactonyms from the novel <em>The </em>Silmarillion.The researcher also found that translator uses 27 techniques that use six of Fernandes’ (2006) techniques—rendition, copy, addition, transcription, transposition, and deletion—either as single or combined technique, 3 techniques are single techniques and 24 are combined techniques. The overall score for the accuracy of the translation is 2.98 and for acceptability is 2.45, making the overal score being 2.72.</p>

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