CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
In data description, the writer tabulates the selected data of cultural words which are taken from Laskar Pelangi and the Rainbow Troops including the types
of cultural words, the procedure of translation, and the strategy of translation that are used by the translator, Angie Kilbane. The selected data can be tabulated as
follows.
Table 1: The Data of Cultural Words, Their Classification, the Procedure of Translation, and
the Strategy of Translation
No Laskar Pelangi
the Rainbow Troops The Types of
Cultural Words The Procedure of
Translation The Strategy of
Translation
1 Dul Muluk
2 Dul Muluk
2 Idea: play
Pure Borrowing with wholly italic
Foreignizing
2 Pamanda Guru 6 Pamanda Guru 6
Idea: traditional address.
Pure Borrowing with partial italic
Foreignizing
3
air jeruk sambal
32 orange juice 49
Material Culture: drinks
Cultural Equivalence Domesticating
4 Dasa Dharma
Pramuka 74 Dasa Dharma
Pramuka – the Boy
Scout Promise 62 Idea: Thinking
Notes as
noun: compound noun
Neutralizing
5 libur lebaran 77
Lebaran school break
63 Social Culture:
leisure Descriptive Equivalent
using loan word Domesticating
6 azan zuhur 133
zuhur call to prayer
115 Idea: religious
Functional Equivalence using loan word
Domesticating
No Laskar Pelangi
the Rainbow Troops The Types of
Cultural Words The Procedure of
Translation The Strategy of
Translation
7 mantri suntik
143 male hospital orderlies
in charge of giving vaccinations 124
Social Culture: occupation
Functional Equivalence using generic word
Domesticating
8 Pangkalan Punai
179 Pangkalan Punai 149
Ecology: recreation places
Pure Borrowing without Italic
Foreignizing
9 menata janur
191 menata janur
- a Malay wedding
decoration 157 Idea: arts
Notes as a participial group
Neutralizing
10 pontang-panting
memikulnya 193
scramble back with them on your
shoulders 158 Gestures and Habits:
Activities Descriptive Equivalent
+ Cultural Equivalent Domesticating
11
kopiah 219 Traditional Muslim
caps 178 Material Culture:
clothes Descriptive Equivalent
using generic word Domesticating
12
tabla 223 a tabla – traditional
drum 181 Material Culture:
musical instrument Notes as noun: noun
phrase Neutralizing
13 cinta monyet
251 cinta monyet –
monkey love, or puppy love 204
Idea: human relation Notes as alternative
Neutralizing
14 peneng
sepeda 305
peneng sepeda – the
stickers used back in the day to show that
the bicycle tax had been paid 263
Material Culture: equipments
Notes as parentheses Neutralizing
15 randu 441
random 421 Ecology: plant
Naturalized Borrowing Foreignizing
16 apel Korpri Page
443 Indonesia Government
Employee Corps flag ceremony Page 423
Gestures and Habits: activities
Descriptive Equivalent explaining the
abbreviation Domesticating
17 bungkus rokok
Jambu Bol 467 cigarette packs 440
Material Culture: tools
Reduction Domesticating
B. Data Analysis