CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Type
Qualitative research method is applied in this research. This research attempts to describe language compression and omission in the
subtitle of Saving Private Ryan film. This research is aimed at identifying the language compression and omission in the Bahasa Indonesia subtitle of Saving
Private Ryan film. The data are analyzed by employing descriptive qualitative research to make the interpretation of research findings.
According to Arikunto 1993:208, there is no hypothesis in a descriptive qualitative research because it only describes a phenomenon
without making any hypothesis. The researcher collects the data, analyzes them, and draws a conclusion without making a generalization.
B. Data Source
The data are taken from the English expression of
Saving Private Ryan
and its subtitle in Bahasa Indonesia. The English expression and the Bahasa Indonesia subtitle are considered as the whole data sources. The
English expression is considered as the source text and the Bahasa Indonesia subtitle is considered as the target text. All the data, the English expression and
its subtitle in Bahasa Indonesia, are sentences that experience language compression and omission. Then, both of them will be put in the data sheet.
C. Data Collection
In collecting the data, the English expression and the Bahasa Indonesia subtitles are read comprehensively and carefully to find the relevant
information based on the theory of the research. The relevant data in the subtitle are selected and rewritten into a table. Language compression and
omission are analyzed based on the theory of Audio Visual Translation that is applied in classifying and analyzing the data to get a valid data.
D. Data Analysis
After the data have been collected, the data are filled into the data sheets. Then, they are classified according to the realization of language
compression and omission. The English expressions as the source text are compared to the Bahasa Indonesia subtitle as the target text. Then, the results
of the data analysis are recorded in the table. The data in the table are described into language compression and omission. Then, the conclusion is made.
E. Research Instrument
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