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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Type
This study used a descriptive qualitative method, as the researcher analysed the translation shifts in the subtitle of Breaking Dawn movie and
then she described the differences in meaning and message caused by the occurrence of category shifts in transferring the messages in the movie
subtitle. In this descriptive qualitative research the researcher applied content analysis method. This method requires the analysis of the data based on the
theory in use to get the best result. According to Arikunto 1993: 208, there is no hypothesis in descriptive research as it only describes a phenomenon
without any hypothesis. In a qualitative study, the researcher collects the data, analyzes them, and draws a conclusion without making any generalization.
The types of category shifts being analyzed were structure shifts, class shifts, unit shifts, and intra-system shifts. The data were put into a table of the data
sheet. This method was applied by analyzing the data based on the theory in use to get the best result.
B. Data and Data Sources
The data in this research were all of the sentences spoken by the actorsactresses in Breaking Dawn movie, whose translations in the form of
subtitles contain any type of category shifts. The source text was in English,
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Breaking Dawn movie texts, i.e. the phonic channel of English spoken utterances as the source text and the graphic channel of Indonesian subtitle as
the target text. The movie was directed by Bill Condon and produced by Summit Entertainment in 2011. The utterances and subtitles which were
taken for the data were from the characters of Edward starred by Robert Pattinson, Jacob Taylor Lautner and Bella Kirsten Stewart, Billy Gill
Birmingham, Charlie Swan Billy Burke, Renee Sarah Clarke, Alice Ashley Greene, Jasper Jackson Rathbone, Dr. Carlisle Cullen Peter
Facinelli, Esme Cullen Elizabeth Reaser, Emmet Cullen Kellan Lutz, Rosalie Niki Reed.
C. The Research Instruments