Method of the Research Instrument of the Research The Technique of Data Analysis The Unit of Analysis Time and Place Semantic

F. Research Methodology

1. Method of the Research

The method of the study is descriptive qualitative analysis by comparing research in which the collected data are analyzed using the theories of implicit meaning translation. Research findings are, then, exposed with the result of its analysis.

2. Instrument of the Research

The instrument is the way that is used to obtain the data or information that is needed in the research. In this research, the researcher uses himself as the instrument of the research by reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth 5 novel and the translation Diary si Bocah Tengil : Kenyataan Pahit, collecting the data and then analyzing it.

3. The Technique of Data Analysis

The technique of data analysis is conveyed in following steps below: 1. Compiling and grouping the data according to both of source and target language. 2. Every datum is analyzed qualitatively by applying the theories and assessed for the types of implicit meaning that occurs in the translation process. 3. Concluding the collected data and exposing the results of their analysis.

4. The Unit of Analysis

The unit analysis in this research study is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth 5 by Jeff Kinney and the Indonesian version Diary si Bocah Tengil: Kenyataan Pahit which is translated by Feri Halim, where the researcher obtained the novel from a local book store.

5. Time and Place

This study is conducted in the 8 th semester left in several Universities. They are, UKI Atmajaya and UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. 9 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A. THE THEORIES OF SEMANTIC

1. Semantic

Semantics is one of the branches of linguistics. Many linguists commonly describe semantics as the study of meaning. The word semantics comes from Greek word semantikos which has meaning „relating to sign.‟ 6 Cliff Goddard 1998 explains semantics as a crucial goal of Chomskyan to describing and accounting for linguistic competence the knowledge that people must have in order to speak and understand a language. 7 Language that people use every day in conversation definitely has meaning. Hence, semantics, the study of meaning, is needed to open up and describe the meaning within every word, phrase, or sentence.

2. Meaning