BORROWINGS IN THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN INTO MENITI BIANGLALA
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BORROWINGS IN THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN INTO
MENITI BIANGLALA
By
NICKITTA DWI NANDA PRADIPTA ISKANDAR
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND CULTURES
Abstract
Judul tulisan ini adalah kata-kata serapan bahasa inggris yang digunakan dalam novel terjemahan karya Mitch Albom yang berjudul “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”. Mengingat adanya perbedaan budaya dan bahasa antara penulis novel dan pembaca, kata serapan umumnya digunakan ketika sang penerjemah tidak bisa menemukan kata atau istilah yang tepat dalam bahasa Indonesia. Oleh sebab itu, kata serapan menjadi topik utama dalam penelitian ini.Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui jenis kata serapan yang ditemukan dalam novel. Data diambil dari novel “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” dan terjemahannya yang berjudul “Meniti Bianglala”. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan metode observasi lalu dianalisis dengan penjelasan deskriptif. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori types of borrowing oleh Molina dan Albir (2002), Larson (1984) dan teori borrowing procedure oleh Vinay dan Darbelnet (2000).
Kata kunci: terjemahan, kata serapan, jenis
In translation, the translator does not only deal with transferring words from the source language into the target language. The translator should comprehend the culture of both source and target language to transferring the message or meaning. Therefore, a translator should also master the culture, social values and words structure of both source and target languages.
After observing Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven and its translation in Indonesian Meniti Bianglala, the problems of this research are the types of borrowing and the procedures of borrowing.
Based on the problems, the aims of the study is to find out the types of borrowing and the procedures of borrowing in the novel.
The data source of this study was written by Mitch Albom entitled “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”. The novel published by Hyperion in 2003. Since this study was about translation research, the data is also taken from its translation in Indonesian. Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven was translated into Indonesian by Andang H. Sutopo. The translation version was published by PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2005.
To collect the data, the method of doing library research was applied and technique of note taking is important to support the method. The first step was reading the whole story starting from the beginning until the end. After figured out what the story about, borrowing words that occured in the SL and TL were underlined to mark them. The next step was listing the borrowing words found in SL and TL. After listing the borrowing words, they were classified based on their constituent.
This study belongs to descriptive qualitative research. Therefore the collected data were analyzed qualitatively and comparatively. The data was analyzed qualitatively means that the data was analyzed by applying descriptive technique. The collected data were analyzed comparatively, it means that the words in the source language and target language are compared to comprehend and to figure out which words belongs to which kind of borrowing types and procedure.
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5. Types of Borrowing and Procedures of Borrowing in the Novel The Five
People You Meet in Heaven into Meniti Bianglala
This study focused on three types: Pure, Naturalized, and Cultural Borrowing, as supported by the standard integration of absorption of word-element that legalized by Indonesian Government as stated in PUEBIYD.
The examples of pure borrowing in the novels are as follow:
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1. SL: His work shirt had a patch TL: Di baju seragam kerjanya ada
on the chest that read EDDIE
above
the
word
label di dadanya, bertuliskan EDDIE di atas kata MAINTENANCE,…
MAINTENANCE,…
(Sutopo, 2005:9)
(Albom, 2003:3)
The word maintenance in the SL means the act of keeping something in a good condition by checking or repairing it regularly (Oxford, 1995:891) should be translated into teknisi in the TL text which seem the similar concept in BI. In this case, as a pure borrowing, the translator uses the specific word maintenance with spelling system. The translation is acceptable in the TL, the word maintenance itself is common nowadays in the TL culture, it has been well known in the TL.
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2. SL: Eddie was a block away, TL: Eddie sedang berada satu
on a stoop, eating a sandwich. blok dari tempat itu, sedang
(Albom, 2003:4) makan sandwich. (Sutopo,
2005:10)
The word sandwich in the SL text means two slices of bread, often spread with butter, with a layer of meat, cheese, etc (Oxford, 1995:1294) should be translated into roti lapis in the TL text which seem to refer to similar concept of BI. Here, the translator still using the borrowing word (sandwich) in the TL and didn’t change it into Indonesian. The spelling and pronounciation of it word are absorbed in target language.
Below is the borrowing with spelling and pronounciation adjustment in the novels:
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1. SL: They were dumped inside a bamboo barracks. (Albom, 2003:66)
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2. SL: There is a cake and beer and milk and cigars and a toast to Eddie’s success,.. (Albom, 2003:78)
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3. SL: …, those subhuman guards wih their bad teeth and bony faces and the dead hornets in their soup. (Albom, 2003:81)
TL: Mereka didorong masuk ke dalam barak bambu. (Sutopo, 2005:71)
TL: Ada kue dan bir, susu dan cerutu, dan mereka semua bersulang untuk kesuksesan Eddie,… (Sutopo, 2005:82)
TL: …, pengawal-pengawal tak berkeprimanusiaan itu, dengan gigi-gigi merka yang gingsul dan tulang-tulang wajah menonjol dan tawon mati di dalam sup. (Sutopo, 2005:85)
The word bamboo (no. 1) in the SL text is translated into the word bambu in the TL text and both of them have the same meaning that is a tall tropical plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture (Oxford, 1995:100). In this case, the translator translated the word by taking the sound /ˌbæmˈbuː/ from SL and modifying spelling
system. Consequently, the adjusment occurs by changing the vowel combination –oo into –u in BI. Consequently, the adjusment occurs by changing the vowel combination –oo into –u in BI. This case is also happened in other words such as: beer becomes bir, and soup becomes sup. Those words also change the spelling of vowel combination without taking the sound.
Cultural borrowing in the novels showed as below:
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1. SL: He tugged on a nylon line TL: Ditariknya senar pancing
that dropped 80 feet to the yang menjulur 25 meter ke dalam
sea. (Albom, 2003:7) laut. (Sutopo, 2005:13)
The word of feet in SL text translated into meter in TL text. Both of them have the same meaning as length measurement, although the spelling and
pronounciation are different. In Indonesia, as we know the unit for measuring length is not feet, the word meter is used so it can be understood by the reader.
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2. SL: …, passing cigar shops and |
TL:…, melewati toko-toko |
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sausage stands and the “flat |
cerutu, kios-kios sosis, dan |
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joins”, where suckers lost |
“permainan ketangkasan” |
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their nickels and dimes. |
dimana orang-orang bodoh |
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(Albom, 2003:34) |
kehilangan uang mereka. (Sutopo, 2005:40) |
Nickels and dimes in SL becomes uang in TL. The meaning of nickels is a coin of the US and Canada worth 5 cents (Oxford, 1995:988) and dimes is a coin of the US and Canada worth 10 cents (Oxford, 1995:408). In this case, nickels and dimes translated into uang by changes the spelling and pronounciation, although the language is not same but there is the same function or meaning in each other.
From the analysis, we have seen the borrowings in the translation divided into three, those are (1) Pure Borrowing is an expression or a word is taken over purely into TL, (2) Naturalized Borrowing is transferred and consists of adapting a source language to the target language and (3) Cultural Borrowing, has the meaning source language cultural words is translated by using the word of target language for thing or event, which is not exactly the same but occurs in the target language.
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