Translation of Cultural Terms in Literary Work “Ini Banyuwangi Sri Tanjung Hidup Kembali”
Journal Title: International Journal of Current Science Research and Review - Year 2024, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
This research is descriptive qualitative research entitled “Translation of Cultural Terms in Literary Work “Ini Banyuwangi Sri Tanjung Hidup Kembali-This is Banyuwangi Sri Tanjung Comes to Life”. This writing is written based on the phenomenon of difficulties in translating cultural terms in many literary works. To be able to provide good translation results, a translator must understand the culture of the source language (SL) and also the target language (TL). The aim of this research is to identify cultural terms of the literary work. This research also tries to examine the translation strategies applied to translate cultural terms in this literary works. The research method applied for this research is a documentation method with note taking technique. This research applies Newmark’s theory to identify cultural terms and also the Translation Strategy to examine the translation strategies used to translate cultural terms. The research results showed that there were thirty-two cultural terms translated from the source language (Indonesian) into the target language (English) and contained three categories of cultural terms proposed by Newmark. The categorization of cultural terms found are ecological culture, material culture, and social organization. The translation strategies applied in translating cultural terms of this literary work are found seven of eight strategies mentioned by Newmark. The dominant strategy applied is adaptation strategy, followed by word for word and literal translation strategy. The least strategy applied is idiomatic translation.
Authors and Affiliations
Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani, I G A Istri Aryani,
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