International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL)
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2023): Volume 3 Issue 3 December 2023

Translation of the Word “Bagus” in Folklore Asal Mula Kata Babah Using Google Translate

Rafika Zahra (Universitas Gunadarma)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2023

Abstract

Translating cultural terms is a study that should be explored further, particularly in translating cultural words using machine translation. Google Translate is a machine translation that was widely used by people to translate one language into another language. This study only focused on the cultural word "bagus" as the source data, and it was translated using machine translation, namely Google Translate from Indonesian to English. This study aimed to examine how Google Translate as a machine translation rendering the cultural word "bagus" in the folklore "Asal Mula Kata Babah" from Indonesian to English and also to find the appropriate translation strategy for translating the word "bagus" as a cultural word from Indonesian to English by using Google Translate. This study used the descriptive-qualitative method. In addition, this study used Newmark (1988) procedures of translation and Suryawinata & Hariyanto (2016) theory of contextual meaning. The result found that there were 8 data consisting of the word "bagus" and later it was translated using Google Translate. The result of this study also discovered that Google Translate accurately translated one data, and likewise with the contextual meaning. Also, the other data were not translated accurately and did not follow the contextual meaning. Moreover, this study obtained only two translation strategies: literal translation with 7 data and cultural equivalents with 1 data.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijeal

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Aim and Scope International Journal of English and Applied Linguistic (IJEAL) is an International Journal that is published three times a year, namely in April, August, and December. IJEAL publishes manuscripts within the fields of: 1. English Language Teaching and Learning 2. Linguistics and ...