foreignization and domestication of culture-specific terms in sophie kinsella's and siska yuanita's i

165 Pages·2014·3.42 MB·English

FOREIGNIZATION AND DOMESTICATION OF
CULTURE-SPECIFIC TERMS
IN SOPHIE KINSELLA’S AND SISKA YUANITA’S
I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER BILINGUAL TRANSLATIONAL TEXTS

A THESIS
Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Attainment of
Sarjana Sastra Degree in English Language and Literature

By
Heiditya Maharani
08211141025

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY
2014

MOTTOS

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
(Napoleon Hill)

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
(Vince Lombardi)

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
(Albert Einstein)

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DEDICATIONS

To:
My parents for their endless loves and encouragements,
My brothers for their supports…

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, I could finally finish this thesis. First of all,
Iwould like to express my deepest gratitude and praise to Allah SWT. I
wouldnever have finished this thesis without His blessing given to me. I would
also liketo thank all of those who have supported and guided me in the process of
writingthis thesis.
My particular thanks go to my first consultant, Drs. AsruddinBaroriTou,
MA. Ph.D., who has guided me during writing this thesis. The greatest thanks also
goto my second consultant, Andy BayuNugroho, SS., M.Hum., who has given me
valuabletime, suggestions, and guidance in the process of accomplishing this
thesis.A million thanks go to my beloved mother and father,
SitiKhoiriyatulBaroroh andSudjitDaryanto, for their prayers and love. Many
thanks also go to my twobrothers, AdhityaKusumayuda and ArdianKusumayuda,
and all my relatives for supporting me in finishing this thesis. I alsothank all of the
lecturers in English Language and Literature Study Program of Yogyakarta State
University for their wholeheartedly assisted in my study.
I am also thankful to my friends in Sasing 08, especially my friends in
Sasing B 08 (RatihSanti, Andi, Hisyam, Ocha, Nastiti, Bams, Vanda, RatihWija,
Venny, Wani, Andre and Rifki), for the wonderful friendship and great support all
these years. I also present my gratitude to all of whom I cannot mention one by
one who supported me to finish this study soon. Last but not least, I want to thank
AndiSaputro and FatmawatiSukmarini, for being the triangulators for my thesis.
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Finally, I realize that this thesis is far from being perfect however hard
Itried to do my best. Yet, I hope this little piece will be beneficial to those who
have interest in the study of the phenomenon of translation. I would gratefully
welcome any criticism for the betterment of this thesis.

Yogyakarta, June 2014

Heiditya Maharani

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE .................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL SHEET .......................................................................................... ii
RATIFICATION SHEET ................................................................................... iii
SURAT PERNYATAAN ....................................................................................... iv
MOTTOS ............................................................................................................ v
DEDICATIONS .................................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... ix
LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................. xii
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................ xiii
LIST OF ABREVIATIONS ................................................................................ xiv
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 1
A. Background of the Research ................................................................... 1
B. Focus of the Research ............................................................................. 2
C. Objectives of the Research ...................................................................... 5
D. Significance of the Research ................................................................... 6

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW .......................................................... 7
A. Theoretical Description ........................................................................... 7
1. Translation......................................................................................... 7
a. Definitions of Translation ........................................................... 7
b. Types of Translation ................................................................... 8
c. Translation Process ..................................................................... 9
d. Equivalence in Translation .......................................................... 11
2. Culture and Culture-Specific Terms ................................................. 12
a. Notions of Culture ....................................................................... 12
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b. Notions of Culture-Specific Terms ............................................. 13
3. Foreignization and Domestication .................................................... 17
a. Notions of Foreignization and Domestication ............................ 17
b. The Continuum of Foreignization and Domestication ................ 19
4. About the Novel ................................................................................ 27
B. Previous Studies ...................................................................................... 28
C. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................... 30
D. Analytical Construct................................................................................ 37

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ............................................................. 38
A. Type of the Research ............................................................................... 38
B. Data and Sources of Data ........................................................................ 38
C. Research Instruments .............................................................................. 39
D. Data Collection........................................................................................ 39
E. Data Analysis .......................................................................................... 39
F. Trustworthiness ....................................................................................... 44

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ............................................... 45
A. Findings ................................................................................................... 45
1. Description of Culture-Specific Terms (CSTs) in Sophie
Kinsella’s and SiskaYuanita’sI’ve Got Your Number Bilingual
Translational Texts ............................................................................ 45
2. Descriptionof Translation Strategies which Represent
Foreignization and Domestication of Culture-Specific Terms
(CSTs) Found in Sophie Kinsella’s and SiskaYuanita’sI’ve Got
Your Number Bilingual Translational ............................................... 47
3. Description of Degree of Meaning Equivalence in the Translation of
Culture-Specific Terms (CSTs) in Sophie Kinsella’s and
SiskaYuanita’sI’ve Got Your Number Bilingual Translational Texts 52

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