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AN ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES AND QUALITY OF SONG

LYRIC TRANSLATION ON DISNEY MOVIES

SOUNDTRACKS

THESIS

BY:

IRMA AULIA NUR ROHMA

201410100311194

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

AN ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES AND QUALITY OF SONG

LYRIC TRANSLATION ON DISNEY MOVIES

SOUNDTRACKS

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana

Degree in English Language Education

BY:

IRMA AULIA NUR ROHMA

201410100311194

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

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MOTTOS AND DEDICATIONS

“Whatever you are, be a good one”

-Abraham Lincoln

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,

because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new

paths”

-Walt Disney

This thesis is dedicated to:

My beloved Mother and Father,

Maria Ulfa and Ahmad Ramdhan

My lovely sister and brother, Diana and Rafiq

Translators and students of translation studies

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Approval ............................................................................................................... iii

Mottos and Dedications ........................................................................................ v

Author’s Declaration of Originality .................................................................. vii

Abstract ................................................................................................................. vi

Acknowledgments ................................................................................................ ix

Table of Contents ............................................................................................... viii

List of Tables ......................................................................................................... x

List of Appendices ................................................................................................ xi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of Study ................................................................................ 1

1.2 Statement of Problems .............................................................................. 5

1.3 Objectives of Study .................................................................................. 5

1.4 Significance of Study ............................................................................... 5

1.5 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................ 6

1.6 Definition of the Key Terms .................................................................... 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................. 8

2.1 Translation ................................................................................................ 8

2.1.1 Definition of Translation ................................................................... 8

2.1.2 Types of Translation ......................................................................... 9

2.1.3 Song Lyric Translation .................................................................... 10

2.1.4 Translation Strategies ...................................................................... 11

2.2 Quality Assessment of Translation ......................................................... 16

2.2.1 Accuracy ......................................................................................... 17

2.2.2 Acceptability ................................................................................... 18

2.3 Subtitling ................................................................................................ 18

2.4 Disney Movies and Soundtracks ............................................................ 19

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................ 22

3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................... 22

3.2 Research Object ...................................................................................... 23

3.3 Research Instrument ............................................................................... 24

3.4 Data Collection ....................................................................................... 26

3.5 Data Analysis ......................................................................................... 28

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCCUSSION ........................................... 30

4.1 Research Findings .................................................................................. 30

4.1.1 Translation Strategies Used in Song Lyric Translation of Disney

Movies Soundtracks ....................................................................................... 30

4.1.2 Translation Quality of the Song Lyric Translation of Disney Movies

Soundtracks .................................................................................................... 38

4.2 Discussion .............................................................................................. 45

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS .................................... 48

5.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 48

5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................................. 49

REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 51

APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 55

LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 The Scales for Assessing the Accuracy of The Translation ................. 27

Table 3.2 The Scales for Assessing the Acceptability of the Translation ............ 27

Table 3.3. The Questionnaire Used by Raters in Assessing the Translation Quality

of Disney Movies Soundtracks ............................................................................. 28

Table 3.4 Table for Identifying the Classification of Strategies Used in

Translating Disney Movies Soundtracks .............................................................. 29

Table 4.1 Translation Strategies Findings ............................................................ 31

Table 4.2 Phonemic Translation Discussion Example ......................................... 32

Table 4.3 Literal Translation Discussion Example .............................................. 32

Table 4.4 Metrical Translation Discussion Example ........................................... 34

Table 4.5 Rhymed Translation Discussion Example ........................................... 35

Table 4.6 Metrical Translation Discussion Example ........................................... 36

Table 4.7 Interpretation Discussion Example ...................................................... 38

Table 4.8 Accuracy Discussion Example ............................................................. 39

Table 4.9 Accuracy Discussion Example ............................................................. 40

Table 4.10 Accuracy Discussion Example ........................................................... 41

Table 4.11 Acceptability Discussion Example ..................................................... 42



LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Song Lyrics

Appendix 2. Translation Strategy Analysis Column

Appendix 3. Questionnaires on the Quality of the Song Lyrics Translation

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