TRANSLATION ANALYSIS OF SUBTITLE TRANSLATION OF “SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD” FILM

Abstract

This thesis is an analysis of subtitle translation of “Scott Pilgrim vs the World” film from English to Bahasa Indonesia. This research is conducted to see the equivalency of translation which is done by someone who has not learned translation strategy, and shares it in subtitle sharing website subscene.com. This research uses Mona Baker’s Translation Strategy approach to analyse the equivalency of translation in word and idiom level. This research also reveals translation which is unequivalence, wrongly translated, and proposes alternative translation for it. The data are collected from the English subtitle of “Scott Pilgrim Vs the World” film and its translation in Bahasa Indonesia by using observation method with free observation technique and record technique. The research is conducted using three steps of analysis. First, by identifying & classifying the subtitle translation of words and idioms of “Scott Pilgrim Vs the World” film from English to Bahasa Indonesia which is equivalence and match with Mona Baker’s translation strategy; second, identifying translation result which has not equivalent, and third, drawing the conclusion from the data analysis. Based on the research, some of the translations are already equivalent and match with Mona Baker’s Translation strategy which is proposed. However, some others are unequivalent, and a few are wrongly translated, then it need to be corrected.