Type of Research Object of Research Data and Data Source Method of Data Collection

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Type of Research

The researcher conducts descriptive qualitative research which is used for seeking, collecting, classifying, analyzing data, and then drawing conclusion. Few distinctive features of qualitative research are that 1 it focuses on interactive process or event; 2 authenticity is the key; 3 values are present and explicit; 4 situationally constrained; and researcher is involved Newman, 2000: 16. Descriptive research aims at exploring and clarifying of some phenomenon or social reality. In addition, Arikunto 1996: 230 stated that descriptive qualitative research is a type of research which results in the descriptive data in the form of written or oral form observed object. From those definitions, this research aims to describing translation analysis of accurate and inaccurate translation in opinion and cover story column in TEMPO magazine

B. Object of Research

The object of the research is the translation of Indonesian-English magazines in opinion and cover story column in TEMPO magazine.

C. Data and Data Source

The data are thirty sentences in Indonesian source language and English target language in TEMPO magazine, especially in opinion and cover story column. The researcher takes the data from, four editions of TEMPO magazine in Indonesian and English edition, published date in March 27-2007, February 19-2008, April 8-2008, May 27-2008.

D. Method of Data Collection

Technique of collecting data is documentation. According to Arikunto 1996: 234, documentation is getting the data from the book, newspaper, magazine, document, agenda, etc. In this research, the document is taken from TEMPO magazine in opinion and cover story column. So, the writer takes some steps as the techniques in collecting the data, as follows: 1. Reading the TEMPO magazines. 2. Selecting and collecting the sentences, which are appropriate to observe. 3. Analysis the sentences into some groups based on the linguistic forms. 4. Describing the translation method applied in the data. In addition, the numbering of the data is as follows For example: 001TSLTSLOpiMarch2008 or 002TSLTTLCovApril2007 001002 : The data number. TSL : TEMPO source language. Opi : Opinion column. TTL : TEMPO target language. Cov : Cover story column. 2008 : The published year. March : The published month.

E. Technique of Data Analysis