Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Studi Amerika
Vol 29, No 1 (2023)

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

Fibiyola Widya Sari (Sebelas Maret University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2023

Abstract

The object  of this study is translation of the charactonyms in the book The Silmarillion 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 of the charactonyms in terms of accuracy and acceptability. The data are charactonyms found in the book, their translations and the quality assessed with the help of informants. The data were collected using content analysis and focus group discussion. As many as 196 charactonyms from the novel The Silmarillion were discovered and analyzed. This research also unveiled that the translator uses 27 techniques that use six of Fernandes’ (2006) techniques—rendition, copy, addition, transcription, transposition, and deletion—either as single or combined technique, in which 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 overall score being 2.72.

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jbssa

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Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Studi Amerika JBSSA is the editor review journal of language, literature, American Studies and translation which addresses various topics and issues on the area of language, literature, translation studies, tourism studies, and American Studies, including critical ...