Analysis of Translation Techniques in the English Subtitle of the Movie "Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 1"

Abstract

A mistake in translating a single word may cause thousands of deaths. An unimaginable fact that mistranslation cost 80.000 lives in Japan in August 1945 proves that translating a text should be taken into consideration and done carefully. Translating a source language (SL) into a target language (TL) is problematic and not as simple as only transposing SL into TL because this activity closely relates to different cultures. Therefore, this study is aimed at analyzing the translation techniques in the English subtitle of the movie “Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 1”. This qualitative study focuses on Molina and Albir’s translation techniques used in the English movie subtitle. The primary data were collected from the dialogs and the English subtitle and selected based on the translation problems. Furthermore, the data were analyzed and interpreted descriptively to identify and explain why and how the translation techniques are used in the English subtitle. This study found that five translation techniques were used to translate the dialogs in bahasa Indonesia (SL) into English subtitle (TL). In the subtitle, this study found the use of adaptation (10 times), transposition (9 times), borrowing (7 times), generalization (3 times) and compensation (once). Those techniques were applied to solve problems in translation, such as cultural differences, in equivalence, untranslatability, and grammatical differences. This study concludes that the techniques proposed by Molina and Albir in 2002 have been a great contribution in the field of translation. The cultural problems which lead to in equivalence and untranslatability, as well as grammatical differences are no longer problematic to translators.

The Strategy of Developing Students’ Translation Skill Through Analysis Technique of Machine Assisted Translation (Mat) and Manual Translation (Mt) in Translation Class

“…Molina and Albir and Nida in Mujad Didien Afandi (2021) proposed eighteen techniques that a translator can use to translate a source language to a target language.…”

“…However, the word-for-word translation is not always bad. This is possible to implement as long as equivalence is available in TL (Newmark in Mujad Didien Afandi, 2021). On the other hand, GT's translation is more rigid and verbatim.…”

“…Students choose several strategies for translating folk tales that contain several word expressions and idioms. The strategy can be in the form of a translation technique that they received previously such as the translation technique of Molina & Albier in Mujad Didien Afandi (2021), for example students use adaptation and they look for the equivalent of word expressions in English as TL. Adaptation techniques tend to be cultural equivalence and also mean cultural substitution.…”