English Journal Literacy Utama
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): English Journal Literacy UTama

ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION USED IN TRANSLATING USAGE INSTRUCTION OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS

Hani Wani Purnama Aji (Widyatama University)
Hero Gunawan (Widyatama University)
Ervina CM Simatupang (Widyatama University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2020

Abstract

This study focus on analysis of translation used in translating usage instruction of beauty products. The purpose of this research are (1) to identify translation method which are used in translating usage instruction of beauty products. (2) to identify translation technique which are used in translating usage instruction of beauty products. (3) and to identify the shift in meaning that occurs in translating usage instructions of beauty products. Data sources used are several beauty products that use English and Indonesian translations. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The theoretical basis of this research is Newmarks (1988) translation method theory, Molina & Albirs (2002) translation technique theory, and Nida (1975) shift in the translation process theory. The results of this study show that there are: (1) 3 translation methods used are 40% of data using the free translation method, 40% of the semantic method, 20% of the adaptation method. (2) 4 translation techniques used are 40% using adaptation techniques, 20% transposition, 20% linguistic amplification, and 20% amplification. (3) there was a shift in translation in the translating usage instruction of beauty products, namely 40% Changing information (skewing of information), 40% Information gain, and 20% Loss of information.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejlutama

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Other

Description

Study Program of English Language, Faculty of Languages, Universitas Widyatama, Indonesia. English Journal Literacy UTama (EJL-UTama) is published twice a year form October to March and from April to September. The scopes of this journal include, though not limited to the following topics, class ...