Type of Research Data and Data Sources Research Instrument

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Type of Research

In this study, the type of study used by the researcher is qualitative method. It produces narrative or textual descriptions of the phenomena under study Vanderstoep and Johnston, 2009: 7. It aims to describe the phenomena of translating figurative language in the research according to the data findings that are found by the researcher. They also stated that qualitative research is the instrument to observe about social problem and culture. Related to the definition and the aim of qualitative method, this research aims to describe, to discuss, and to assess the findings. Although this research presents frequencies and percentages, those merely help the researcher describe the data findings related to the types of figurative language used by the author, the translation techniques applied by the translator and the degree of equivalence achieved by the translated figurative language in terms of meaning and style. Then, the frequencies and percentages are used to draw conclusions of the research.

B. Data and Data Sources

There are two data sources to analyze the translation of the figurative language which are applied in Indonesian and English versions. The Indonesian version of 9 Summers 10 Autumns written by Iwan Setyawan is used as the source text. It was published on February 2011. Meanwhile, the English version that has been translated by Maggie Tiojakin as the target text was published on October 2011. This novel became a national best seller and best fiction book in Jakarta Book Award 2011.To analyze this research, the researcher focuses on figurative language expressed in Indonesian version and its translation in English which is related to the translation techniques and the degree of equivalence.

C. Research Instrument

To analyze this research, there were two instruments involved. First, the researcher was the main instrument. According to Moloeng 2010: 168, the roles of the researcher are the planner, the collector of data, the analyst of data and the reporter of the data and findings. The other instrument used by the researcher is data sheet. It is used to classify the data which are the types of figurative language, translation techniques and degree of equivalences. Besides, it helps the researcher describe each objective in the discussion.

D. Technique of Collecting Data