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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Findings
Based on the objectives, there are two findings which are found in this research. To make the findings clear, each finding is presented in specific tables
using percentages to measure the frequency. The percentage in the data is used to sustain the information of data precision.
1. Description of the Culture-Specific Terms Found in Ayu Utami‟s Saman
and Their Translated Expressions in Pamela Allen‟s Saman
From the source text, the researcher finds 157 terms that are considered as culture-
specific terms in Ayu Utami‟s Saman based on Newmark theories. There are five categories; those are ecology, material culture, social culture, social
organization, and gesture and habit.
Table 2. The Occurrence of Culture- Specific Terms in Ayu Utami‟s Saman
and Their Translated Expressions in Pamela Allen‟s Saman No
Culture-Specific Terms Frequency
Percentage
1 Ecology
34 21.66
2 Material Culture
53 33.76
3 Social Culture
29 18.47
4 Social Organization
39 24.84
5 Gesture and Habit
2 1.27
Total 157
100
Table 2 presents the findings of the culture- specific terms in Ayu Utami‟s
Saman and their translated expression in Pamela Allen‟s Saman. From all of the
data in the table, the total of the findings are 157 culture-specific terms. The highest appearing frequency in the novel is material culture. Those are 53 of 157
data or 33.76; it means almost one-third of all the data that found in the novel. It is followed by social organization which has 39 occurrences of appearance in the
novel or 24.84 of all data. It can be concluded that those two categories are dominating the data with more than 55 in the percentage of all data compared
with the others categories. The third highest occurrence of culture-specific terms categories is
ecology category. This category occurs 34 times in the novel or it has 21.66 in the percentage. The fourth is social culture which has 29 data or having 18.47 as
the percentage. The last one which also has the smallest number of data is gesture and habit. This category has only 2 data out of 157 data or it is only 1.27 in the
proportion. This result shows that Ayu Utami‟s novel entitled Saman contains a lot of
culture-specific terms which become the main issues here. Taking place in the authoritative regime of Soeharto, this novel reveals unsuspected phenomenon at
that time that is rich in local wisdom from many varieties of people which have different cultures in Indonesia. The 157 culture-specific terms which are found in
the novel means that the translator cannot push the meaning of the original language fully because those 157 data comprehend some strong cultures from
Indonesia itself.
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