Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023): Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy

BAKER’S TRANSLATION STRATEGY ON GOD AND SELF-RELATED WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS IN THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS

Inayah Ahyana Rohmawati (Linguistics, FIB, Brawijaya University)
Sri Endah Tabiati (Linguistics, FIB, Brawijaya University)
Sugeng Hariyanto (Linguistics, FIB, Brawijaya University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jul 2023

Abstract

Certain expressions related to something intangible may be difficult to translate and need special translation strategy. The study’s objective is to classify the strategies conducted by translators to translate SL to TL of God and Self-related words and Expressions from English into Indonesian. This qualitative study compares Indonesian and English versions of the book The Alchemy of Happiness. The Indonesian version is translated byHaidar Bagir and the English is the work of Claud field. The results revealed that there were 209 data found. The translation strategies used come from Baker (1992). However, only 3 out of 4 werefound in the data. The most strategy used were translation using similar meaning and form with 102 data (48,80%) and the least was translation by paraphrasing with only 27 data (12,92%). The findings show that the translation using similar meaning and form is a functional strategy to translate the God and self-related words and expressions. Moreover, this study has pedagogical implications for translators in general, translators of God-related texts, as well as students and teachers of translation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

journey

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal title : Journey: Journal of English Language and Pedagogy Initials and abbreviation : Journey Grade : Sinta 4 Prefix DOI : 10.33503/journey E-ISSN and P-ISSN : 2654-5586 and 2623-0356 Editor in chief : Munawwir Hadiwijaya Managing Editor : Hernina Dewi Lestari Publisher : Insan Budi Utomo ...