E. Significance of Study
The writer hopes the research will be useful, generally to readers and especially to the writer. The writer expects that this study can enrich
her knowledge and ability of the translation study, especially about the translation of cultural words. And the writer hopes also, this research can
give the contribution to other students and reader in the developing knowledge especially in translation.
F. Research Methodology
1. Method of Research
The method used in the research is descriptive qualitative method to find the cultural words contained in Percy Jackson Novel and its
translation novel, and then to describe translation procedures that are used by the translator to translate the cultural words in the novel into Indonesia
version.
2. Technique of Data Analysis
The writer uses descriptive analysis technique which is supported by the relevant theories. To analyze the data, the researcher uses the
following steps : a.
Reading and understanding of The Percy Jackson “The Battle of Labyrinth” novel and its translation;
b. Finding and marking all cultural words in both versions as the
data, then making notes about them in a piece of paper;
c. Classifying the data based on Newmark‘s category of cultural
word that is with to determine the cultural words including categories of ecology, material culture, social culture, social
organization-political and administrative or gesture and habits; d.
Selecting the data by considering the most specific cultural words;
e. And then analyzing the selected data with explains them that is
with looking for the definition of cultural words which found as the research by using the appropriate dictionary, such as:
Oxford Dictionary, English-Indonesia Dictionary, Indonesia- English Dictionary and KBBI or it derived from resource
person, it aimed to know the meaning of the cultural words. After that, it identified based on the theory of translation
procedure proposed by Peter Newmark; f.
Concluding it in a report.
3. Instrument of the Research
The instrument of the research is the writer herself as the subject by reading the novel and its translation, finding and marking,
classifying, selecting and analyzing the selected data that are related to the subject of the research.
4. Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis in this research is Percy Jackson ―The Battle of
the Labyrinth ‖ novel by Rick Riordan that was published in 2008 and
its translation novel published in 2009 by Mizan.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
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