The Category Shifts in English–Indonesian Translation

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200204.055How to use a DOI?

Keywords

shifts, English–Indonesian, translation

Abstract

This study aims to identify and to classify shifts in English-Indonesian translation. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The research was conducted at the fourth-semester students of English Language Education Study Program, Khairun University which consists of two classes, 78 students. The data were collected through tests and interviews. The researcher classifies the data into five categories of shifts based on Catford’s classification. That involves level shift, and category shifts which consist of structure shifts, unit shifts, intra-system shifts, and class shifts.The English-Indonesian translation which is analyzed through descriptive analysis technique showed the results, with the percentage of Structure Shifts (SS) 73.06%, Unit Shift (US) 7.69%, Class Shifts (CS) 8.97%, Intra System Shifts (ISS) 5.76%, and Level Shifts (LS) 4.48%.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Suratman Dahlan
AU  - Saiful Latif
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/12
TI  - The Category Shifts in English–Indonesian Translation
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Research and Innovation (ICERI 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 291
EP  - 294
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200204.055
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200204.055
ID  - Dahlan2020
ER  -