LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research

Translation Technique and Quality of Interstellar Movie Subtitle

Hariyanto (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Umar Mono (Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Muhizar Muchtar (Universitas Sumatera Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Sep 2026

Abstract

Translation techniques play a very important role in translation because the source language often has a different structure from the target language. By changing the form, translators can adapt the translation into the target language to be more flexible and easier to read and understand. Without changing the form, a translation will feel stiff and may even be meaningless because a structure that is not adapted to the target language will be very confusing for readers. Therefore, this study will discuss the relationship between translation techniques and the quality of the subtitles for the film Interstellar. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. The translation technique data was identified and assessed in terms of accuracy, acceptability, and readability. In this study, there were 183 data points, namely: the transposition technique was used in 133 data points (72.6%), the additional explanation technique was used in 36 data points (19.6%), modulation technique was used in 9 data (4.9%), phonological translation technique in 2 data (1.0%), and formal translation technique in 3 data (1.6%) with a translation quality score of 2.7 out of a total score of 3. This means that the translation quality in this study is good.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lingpoet

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research is an international peer-reviewed journal published by TALENTA Publisher, Universitas Sumatera Utara and managed by English Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara. It has aims to provide the platform for the ...