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C. Research Questions
According to the focus of the study above, there are two research questions, such as:
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What kinds of modulation found in Time Flies for Ms Wiz novel?
2. How are the modulation applied by the translator in translating Time Flies for
Ms Wiz novel?
D. Objective of the Study
Based on the research question above, the purpose of this research is to identify modulation in the novel Time Flies for Ms Wiz into Indonesian Ms Wiz
Kembali ke Masa Silam and analyze the types of modulation found in translating the novel into target language. Also, to discover how the translator applied
modulation in translating the novel.
E. Significance of the Study
This research is expected to increase the knowledge about translation studies, especially in the novel translation. In addition, this research is also
expected to improve the reader‟s knowledge about kinds of modulation that found
in this novel.
F. Research Methodology
1. The Method of the Research
The research uses qualitative descriptive method. This method uses verbal and non-numeric data as an analysis base and as a problem solving
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for the problems investigated.
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So, the result of the research will be written in descriptive analysis.
2. The Data Analysis Technique
To analyze the data, the writer uses modulation concepts of Vinay and Darbelnet for the theory is simple and easy to understand. Firstly, the
writer reads the original novel and compares it to translation to collect the data that have modulation types.
Next, looking up a reliable dictionary, the writer thoroughly analyzes every single datum to decide the type of modulation applied by
the translator. In the last stage, the writer makes a conclusion answering the
research questions and addressing the objective of study i.e to find and analyze the types of modulation that found in the English-Indonesian
translation of “Time for Flies for Ms Wiz” novel, and to find out the most
dominant modulation type found or applied.
3. The Data Collection
This qualitative research uses herself as main instrument to get qualitative data about the text from source language into target language.
After the objects of the research collected, the writer did some activities: a.
Read the source language of the novel and then read the target language text repeatedly to find the kinds of modulation that applied in
the novel.
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Muhammad Farkhan, Proposal Penelitian Bahasa dan Sastra Jakarta: Cella, 2007. p.2.
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b. Mark and give a note that found the modulation.
c. Classify them into table.
4. The Unit of Analysis
The analysis unit of this thesis is Time Flies for Ms Wiz, written by Ternce Blacker Published in London, 1997.
Its Indonesian version is Ms Wiz Kembali ke Masa Silam, translated by Mala Suhendra, and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama,
2003. She is a translator of eighteen series of Ms Wiz Novel.
G. Place and Time
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