ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN LEXICAL EQUIVALENCE IN TRANSLATING STEPHANIE MEYERS NOVEL MIDNIGHT SUN

BY : RAPIKI AFRINA SIRAIT NPM : 0902050353

CHAPTER 1
A. Background of The Study
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translation is one of the complicated aspects that entangles all languages devices the translators strategy in translating plays an important role in transferring the meaning from SL into TL the notion of equivalence is undeniable one of the most problematic and controversial areas in the field of translation theory. sense of curiosity and interest of the

B. Identification of The Problem

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Analyzing the strategies in presenting lexical equivalents applied in translation result of Stephanie Meyers novel Midnight Sun. finding out the most dominant concept of strategy in presenting lexical equivalents applied in translation result of Stephanie Meyers novel Midnight Sun.

C. Scope and Limitation

The study will be limited on the lexical equivalent that occurs in Indonesian translation result , not discussing about another equivalents such as : grammar equivalents and so forth. The number of chapters in Midnight Sun are 12 chapters, and the writer will only analyze 6 chapters of it because of certain consideration.

D. Formulation of The Study

1. What are the strategies that used in presenting lexical equivalent in Indonesian translation result of novel Midnight Sun ? 2. What is the dominant concept of strategy in presenting lexical equivalents applied in translation result of novel Midnight Sun ?

E. The Objective of The study

The objective of the study is to find out the English and Indonesian lexical equivalence in translating Stephanie Meyer's novel "Midnight Sun by classifying them into several strategies and concepts of presenting

F. The Significance of The Study

1. It will give accurate information to the readers around the field of translation. 2. The research can help the people who are interested in translating word or that being motivated to be the translators to use the right strategies in translating English (SL) into Indonesian (TL). 3. The research hopefully is useful as the reference for other researchers who will analyze the English and Indonesian lexical equivalents with different title of novel.

CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH

A. Research Design This study will employ qualitative descriptive method . B. Source of Data The source of the data is an English novel Midnight Sun(2008) by Stephanie Meyer and its Indonesian translation with the same title by Alan Koesumah . The original novel consists of 12 chapters and 264 pages while its translation in target text consists of 12 chapters and 270 pages, and the data that will be analyzed is 6 chapters in English version with 139 pages and 6 chapters in Indonesian version with 138 pages.

C. Analytical Framework
By doing this study, the writer will use Larsons theory of strategies in presenting the lexical equivalent as the analytical framework.

D. Technique of Collecting Data

In collecting the data, written method is used. The data are sentences that contain of lexical items which are translated idiomatically or unilaterally in target language.

E. Technique of Analyzing Data

1. The writer will study the dialogue and find the content of the story by reading the novel carefully. 2. After knowing the meaning intended in the dialogue, the writer will compare the lexical items of written dialogue then decided whether those lexical items are translated literally or idiomatically. The writer will verify those lexical items in the bilingual dictionary compiled by John M. Echols and Hassan Shadily, then find any possible

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4. The writer also will analyze the lexical equivalents of its translated dialogue. The writer will look up Indonesian dictionary to know the possible meaning that can be arisen from the lexical items used in the translated dialogue. 5. The writer will classify the strategies 6. The lexical equivalents of the shared (known) and unshared (unknown) lexical items in the dialogue are presented using their own strategies 7. Those strategies are presented in abbreviation 8. the writer will count the frequency of the use