Abstract:The focus of this study is to analyze the idiom translation strategies applied by the translator of Nicholas Sparks’ novel titled Message in a Bottle based on the idiom translation strategies provided by Mona Baker (2018). The method used in this research is the descriptive method. There is a total of 47 idioms data collected, however there are only 25 data analyzed with five idiom translation strategies found. There is, translation by a paraphrase in total 15 data (60%), the omission of a play on the idiom in… Show more
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