AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS OF
NON-EQUIVALENCE IN GOENAWAN MOHAMAD’S POEMS
A THESIS
BY
DIAN ZELINA FITRIYANI REG. NO. 120705004
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on 23 March 2016
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NAME : DIAN ZELINA FITRIYANI
TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION
PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS OF
NON-EQUIVALENCE IN GOENAWAN
MOHAMAD’S POEMS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
First of all, I would like to thank Allah SWT, for His compassion and
blessing given to me to finish this thesis. Salawat and salam to the Prophet and the
most noble Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad SAW, along with his family and his
companions.
My very special gratitude is for my beloved parents, M. Zein and Leli
Rabiani, especially for my mother, for her support, advice, pray for me everytime
and for everything. I cannot live without you. Thank you to my one-and-only sister,
Dessy Tri Octavianti, who always cherishes and supports me in everything I do.
Thank you to my sister’s husband, Rahmadi, who also supports me in doing this
research. To my little boys, Fatih & Arya, you both always make your aunty laugh,
crazy and happy. Also, thank you to my brothers, Alm. Yulius Zeini Putra and Alm.
Minang Irawan, for being my motivators everyday.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A.,
as the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, and also as
my supervisor for his kindness, knowledge, patience and motivation for me to write
and finish this thesis. Also, I would like to thank Dr. Umar Mono, Dip. Trans,
M.Hum., as my co-supervisor for his kindness and knowledge to help me in writing
this thesis.
My gratitude also goes to the Head and the Secretary of English Department,
the lecturers and the staffs of English Department for the facilities and opportunities
given to me during my study in this faculty.
I also want to thank my beloved boyfriend, Rizki Putra Ananda Lubis, for his
support everytime, the laugh, the happiness and sadness we shared together. You
always make my day, Baby. For my crazy girls, Miranda, Yayu, Indah, Oki, Feny,
Tiffani and Wiwid, thanks for the time, the laugh, the crazy moments we spent
together. Also for all my friends in English Literature University of Sumatera Utara,
especially Class B 2012, I will never forget you guys. May we all be successful in
the future. Amin.
I am really grateful to have everyone supporting me in the process of writing
this thesis. Thank you so much for the support, care, pray, love and affection you all
have given to me.
Finally, may this thesis be advantegous for the readers, may the grace and
love of the Almighty Allah SWT be with us all forever. Amin.
Medan, March 2016
Dian Zelina Fitriyani
ABSTRACT
The thesis entitled “An Analysis of Translation Procedures and Problems of Non-equivalence in Goenawan Mohamad’s Poems” is a linguistics study which discusses about the translation procedures applied and problems of non-equivalence found in translating Mohamad’s poems. The theory used to identify and classify the translation procedures is Vinay and Dalbernet’s theory. Mona Baker’s theory is used to find the problems of non-equivalence in meaning and Lefevere’s theory is used to see the form equivalence in the translation of Mohamad’s poems by Laksmi Pamuntjak. The method of the analysis is descriptive qualitative method. As the result of this research, the most dominant procedure applied in translating Mohamad’s poems into English is literal translation with 21 occurences (40,39%), followed by modulation with 16 occurences (30,77%), equivalence with 12 occurences (23,07%) and adaptation with 3 occurences (5,77%). There are three problems of non-equivalence that occured according to Baker’s theory. First, the source language and target language make different distinction in meaning. Second, the source language concept is not lexicalized in the target language. Third, differences in expressive meaning. The translation of the poems is not equivalent in form, according to Lefevere’s theory it is concluded that the rhyme scheme of the original poems is replaced differently in its translation. Therefore, it can be concluded that the translation is incompletely equivalent, because the translation is equivalent only in meaning, but not also in form.
ABSTRAK
Skripsi yang berjudul “An Analysis of Translation Procedures and Problems of Non-equivalence in Goenawan Mohamad’s Poems” merupakan suatu kajian linguistik yang membahas tentang prosedur penerjemahan dan masalah ketidaksepadanan yang ditemukan dalam menerjemahkan puisi-puisi Goenawan Mohamad. Teori yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi dan mengklasifikasi prosedur penerjemahan adalah teori Vinay dan Dalbernet. Teori Mona Baker digunakan untuk menemukan masalah ketidaksepadanan dalam makna dan teori Lefevere digunakan untuk melihat kesepadanan bentuk pada terjemahan puisi-puisi Goenawan Mohamad yang diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris oleh Laksmi Pamuntjak. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa prosedur yang paling dominan digunakan dalam menerjemahkan puisi-puisi Goenawan Mohamad adalah prosedur terjemahan literal sebanyak 21 temuan (40,39%), diikuti oleh prosedur modulasi sebanyak 16 temuan (30,77%), prosedur equivalence sebanyak 12 temuan (23,07%) dan prosedur adaptasi sebanyak 3 temuan (5,77%). Terdapat tiga masalah ketidaksepadanan yang ditemukan berdasarkan teori Mona Baker. Pertama, bahasa sumber dan bahasa sasaran membuat perbedaan dalam makna. Kedua, konsep kata pada bahasa sumber tidak ditemukan di dalam bahasa sasaran. Ketiga, perbedaan dalam makna ekspresif. Terjemahan puisi-puisi Goenawan Mohamad tidak sepadan dalam bentuk, berdasarkan teori Lefevere dapat disimpulkan bahwa persajakan pada puisi yang asli tidak sama dengan terjemahannya. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terjemahan tersebut tidak sepadan secara keseluruhan, karena terjemahan tersebut hanya sepadan pada makna, namun tidak pada bentuk.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... vii
2.3.3. Procedure 3: Literal Translation ... 7
2.3.4. Procedure 4: Transposition ... 8
2.3.5. Procedure 5: Modulation ... 8
2.3.6. Procedure 6: Adaptation ... 8
2.3.7. Procedure 7: Equivalence ... 8
the Target Language ... 9
2.4.3. The Source-Language Word Is Semantically Complex 10 2.4.4. The Source and Target Language Make Different Distinctions in Meaning ... 10
2.4.5. The Target Language Lacks A Superordinate ... 11
2.4.6. The Target Language Lacks A Specific Term (Hyponym) ... 11
2.4.7. Differences in Physical or Interpersonal Perspective 12 2.4.8. Differences in Expressive Meaning ... 12
2.5. Form Equivalence in Translating Poetry ... 13
LIST OF TABLES
Table 4.1. Firman ke-12 (The 12th Commandment) ... 18
Table 4.2. Sang Minotaur (The Minotaur) ... 19
Table 4.3. Doa Persembunyian (Prayer for Refuge) ... 19
Table 4.4. The Classification of Firman ke-12 (The 12th Commandment) ... 20
Table 4.5. The Classification of Sang Minotaur (The Minotaur) ... 26
Table 4.6. The Classification of Doa Persembunyian (Prayer for Refuge) ... 35
