Riwayat: Educational Journal of History and Humanities
Vol 8, No 4 (2025): Oktober, Social Issues and Problems in Society

Translation Analysis in a Children's Storybook Entitled The Rainbow Fish

Mumtahanah, Qonita (Unknown)
Manggarrani, Maria Dita (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Oct 2025

Abstract

This study analyzes the translation shifts and translation methods applied in the children's storybook "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister. Using a descriptive qualitative approach with a comparative methodology, this study examines the English source text and the Indonesian target text "The Rainbow Fish". Based on Catford's (1965) and Newmark's (2014) theories, 66 shifts were analyzed. The results show that structural shift dominates with 24 cases (36.4%), followed by class shift with 15 cases (22.7%), unit shift with 12 cases (18.2%), level shift with 8 cases (12.1%), and intra-system shift with 7 cases (10.6%). The translation is oriented to the target text by using a consistent communicative method, which proves effective in conveying moral messages to Indonesian children without losing the essence of the original story

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Journal Info

Abbrev

riwayat

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Social Sciences

Description

The journal publishes writings on (1) History education, (2) History of Education,(3) Social Sciences Education, (4) Sociology Education, (5) Philosophy of history, (6) Historiography, (7) Humanities, and (8) ...