ADDRESS TERMS IN ANDREA HIRATA’S LASKAR PELANGI AND THEIR TRANSLATED EXPRESSIONS IN ANGIE KILBANE’S THE RAINBOW TROOPS

Abstract

This research is focuses on address terms in Andrea Hirata’s Laskar Pelangi and their translated expression in Angie Kilbane’s The Rainbow Troops. The objectives of this study are: 1) to describe the types of address terms that occur in Andrea Hirata’s Laskar Pelangi and their translated expressions in Angie Kilbane’s The Rainbow Troops 2) to describe the translation techniques demonstrated by the translated expressions of the address terms in Angie Kilbane’s The Rainbow Troops, and 3) to describe the degree of meaning equivalence demonstrated by the address terms in Andrea Hirata’s Laskar Pelangi and their translated expression in Angie Kilbane’s The Rainbow Troops.

This research was a descriptive type of research. This research was also supported by quantitative analysis in which the researcher used numbers and percentages to count the occurrences of the types of address terms, translation techniques, and meaning equivalence degree. The data of this research were in the form of phrases, words and morphemes. Meanwhile, the context of the data was expressions in dialogues among the participants in Laskar Pelangi and The Rainbow Troops. The main instrument of this research was the researcher himself and the secondary instrument was the data sheet. To ensure the trustworthiness of the data, the researcher applied triangulations by conducting peer discussions and routine consultations with his supervisors.

         The research reveals three findings. First, of the five types of address terms under study used by the characters in Laskar Pelangi (personal names, terms of intimacy, kinship terms, titles and descriptive phrases) the mostly used type is titles. It shows that titles are the most common address term used in daily coummunication. Second, of the six translation techniques analyzed here (borrowing, amplification, reduction, literal translation, transposition and modulation), the most frequently used type are borrowing and literal translation. It shows that borrowing and literal translation are the most effective way to translate address terms. Third, concerning the meaning equivalence degrees in translation of Laskar Pelangi, the degree of meaning equivalence is mostly fully equivalence. It can be said that the quality of translations is good.

Keywords: translation, address terms, Laskar Pelangi, meaning equivalence degree