Abstract
Translation allows readers to enjoy literary works from all over the world without being constrained by foreign language mastery. For Producing commensurate literary works, translation strategies are employed to deal with different language systems. This research aims at investigating strategies employed by the translator in translating the Indonesian literary work into English. This Descriptive-Analytical Study has been completed by qualitative and quantitative methods. The data sources used are the Indonesian short story Apel and Pisau by Intan Paramaditha and its translation. The 219 collected data are analyzed by using Kazakova’s theory of literary translation. The results in this study indicate that the translator used (1) The Observer Strategy 70,78% (155 data), (2) The Helper Strategy 23,74 % (52 data), (3) The Adherent Strategy 3,65 % (8 data), and (4) The Enlightener Strategy 1,83% (4 data). The study reveals that the strategy dominantly prevailed is the observer strategy (70,78%), and the most dominant approach is unbiased (74,71 %). Also, it is found that the translation ideology is foreignization, where the translator tries to keep the sense of originality of the author’s work.
Highlights
Translation allows readers to enjoy literary works from all over the world without being constrained by foreign language mastery
The results in this study indicate that the translator used (1) The Observer Strategy 70,78% (155 data), (2) The Helper Strategy 23,74 % (52 data), (3) The Adherent Strategy 3,65 % (8 data), and (4) The Enlightener Strategy 1,83% (4 data)
It is found that the translation ideology is foreignization, where the translator tries to keep the sense of originality of the author’s work
Summary
The Source Text Kalaupun kucoretkan krayon pada buku gambarku, yang kugambar adalah loteng kelam dengan harta karun bersinarsinar di dalamnya. (p. 142). The Source Text Kalaupun kucoretkan krayon pada buku gambarku, yang kugambar adalah loteng kelam dengan harta karun bersinarsinar di dalamnya. The Target Text Whenever I took my crayons and scrawled in my colouring book, I'd draw a dark attic that held treasure gleaming within. Whenever I took my crayons and scrawled in my colouring book. The translator added more information for the target readers. The strategy used is the enlightener strategy which belongs to the biased approach. It can be concluded that the translator used the observer strategy, which belongs to the unbiased approach where the Indonesian text is the closest form of the source language
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