Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture
Vol. 19 No. 1 (2026): Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture

Translation Strategy Analysis of Kakawin Arjuna Wiwaha (Pupuh I.6)

Herdiona Hellen Herdadian (Yogyakarta State University)
Siti Perdi Rahayu (Yogyakarta State University)
Tadkiroatun Musfiroh (Yogyakarta State University)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Jul 2026

Abstract

Ancient manuscripts are handwritten documents created in the past to record events and phenomena that occurred during those times. Translation is understood as the process of rendering a source-language text into a target-language text so that the message in the source text can be understood by readers of the target text. This study aims to analyze the translation techniques applied by Djapa (2013) in translating the content of Kakawin Arjuna Wiwāha manuscript through excerpts of pupuh contained in an article titled “Tantra dalam Kakawin Arjuna Wiwaha (Kajian Filosofi)” (2025). This study focused on analyzing the translation techniques used in pupuh I.6 and employs the 18 translation techniques identified by Molina and Albir (2002) as a theoretical framework throughout the analysis. Qualitative and descriptive methods were used in this study. Djapa (2013), in general, applied 6 translation techniques, including linguistic compression, pure borrowing, generalization, linguistic amplification, modulation, and amplification, to translate Kakawin Arjuna Wiwāha manuscript from Old Javanese into Indonesian.

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Abbrev

languange

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Focus: Lingual, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the language and literature. Embracing the field of language and literature broadly defined, the editors warmly welcome articles and research reports addressing linguistics, literature, and social studies. Scope: Syntax ...