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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, the researcher will present the research method, research instrument, research objects, data gathering, data analysis and research procedures. The first section is research method, explaining about the method that the researcher employ. The second section is research objects, explaining about the objects of the research. The third section is instrument and data gathering technique, explaining about the instrument that the researcher use and the technique that the researcher employ in gathering the research data. The fourth section is data analysis technique, explaining about the technique that the researcher employs in analyzing the research data. The fifth section is research procedures, explaining about the procedures that the researcher take in conducting the research.

A. Research Method

The research method that the researcher opts is the qualitative one. Jacob states that qualitative research is the research that attempted to present the data from the perspective of the subjects or the observed groups, so that the cultural and intellectual biases of the researcher did not distort the collection, the interpretation or the presentation of the data as cited in Seliger and Shohamy, 1981, p.118. In conducting the research, the researcher chooses the document analysis method. The researcher views that this method is the most suitable for the 26 research regarding the fact that the purpose of the research is to find out whether the relative clause translation in English has found the equivalence in Bahasa Indonesia or not. Definitely, the method will assist the research in finding the valid data for the research.

B. Research Objects

There will be two research objects in the translation. The first object is a novel entitled The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. This novel is the English version of the original one entitled O Alquimista. Paulo Coelho was born on August 20, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Alchemist is his second book and the first one is The Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage was a result of his spiritual awakening that he had when he was 36 years old in Spain. For your information, Coelho used to be a rebellious teenager and his parents committed him to an asylum for three times. Then, in 1987 he wrote another book which was The Alchemist. His second book was a result of one two-week spurt of creativity. At first, The Alchemist received little attention. However, at 1990s the French translation of this book suddenly leapt onto bestseller lists in France. Then, the translation was followed by newer ones and soon this book became a worldwide phenomenon. The novel is so famous that it has been reprinted and republished for many times in many languages, including Bahasa Indonesia. The title of the version in Bahasa Indonesia is Sang Alkemis. It was Tanti Lesmana who translated the book. There have not been any sufficient data in relation to Tanti Lesmana, except that she has translated several books and among of them are Distractions, A many 27 splendored thing, Persepolis 2, Life of Pi and Gone with the wind. In her blog, she writes that she has done so many translations of fiction and non-fiction but fiction has always been her biggest passion. Since the researcher focuses on that relative clause translation from English into Bahasa Indonesia, then the researcher will choose the English version entitled The Alchemist as the first research object. Then, the researcher will choose Sang Alkemis by Tanti Lesmana as the second research object since the second title is the translation of the first research object.

C. Instrument and Data Gathering Technique