PERGESERAN TERJEMAHAN NOUNS DALAM THE OLDMAN AND THE SEA, A FAREWELL TO ARMS, DAN TERJEMAHANNYA DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA

Abstract

This descriptive qualitative research study aims at classifying the translation shifts of nouns, the accuracy of the shifts, and the differences of shifts in the two novels. The data are all sentences containing nouns in The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, and their Indonesian versions. The data are analyzed by using comparing technique and interactive model. Based on the analysis, the findings are as follows: (a) nouns in the two novels are translated into verbs, verb phrases, clauses, adjectives, functional word –nya, nouns, compound nouns, noun phrases, plural nouns into singular, singular nouns into plural nouns, nouns are adopted, and nouns are not translated; (b) the translations are accurate although there are some translation shifts; and (c) there are some differences and similarities of nouns category shifts in the two novels.