Transposition in Translation of Kim Yu Jeong’s Novel Ttaengbyeot to Sengat Matahari

Abstract

This research primarily focuses on analyzing the transposition that occurred in translation of Kim Yu Jeong's novel Ttaengbyeot to Sengat Matahari and the effects of the transposition. This research used a descriptive qualitative method. The data used are the transpositions contained in the novel Ttaengbyeot by Kim Yu Jeong and its translation, Sengat Matahari. Framing within Catford theory, the data were analyzed from collecting the data, classifying the data according to its type, reducing the data, and providing explanations. The results found 179 data transpositions consisting of five shifts namely: level shift, structure shift, class shift, and unit shift. From the five shifts, the structure shift was the most frequent one with 81 occurrences. The analysis of the structure shift indicates the different structure of Indonesian language and Korean language which explains why transposition is needed during translation. The effects of transposition in this translation of the novel are to simplify the translation process, to resolve the different structure of Source Language (SL) and Target Language (TL), and to clarify linguistic terms unknown in TL.

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“…In addition, the influence of the linguistic restrictions on the translators' lexical choices is obvious in Example 15, in which the verb clouded was transposed into nouns ‫وإضعا‬ ‫قتل‬ (Killing and weakening) by As'ad and Ghassan. These results are in accord with recent studies (e.g., Widyadari et al 2021& Aisyah et al 2019 indicating that the linguistic differences between languages make changes in the language structure inevitable.…”

“…In this example the translator compensates for the lexical gap which exists between the two languages. Widyadari et al (2021) stressed that translators use this type of transposition to make the TT natural and comprehensible.…”

“…A review of the literature of on transposition/class shift reveals that most previous studies (e.g., Sudana & Yadnya 2021, Widyadari et al 2021, Jabak et al 2016, Kadhim & Hijjo, 2017 have addressed category shifts and its different kinds, i.e. structural shifts, class shifts, unit/rank shifts and intra-system shifts.…”