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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Findings
1. The Techniques of Adjustment Used by the Interpreter
This research found there are three original techniques of adjustment which are employed by the interpreter in the seminar; they are additions,
subtractions, and alterations; these techniques are found in 180 data. In employing such techniques of adjustment, the techniques are employed in two
ways. Firstly, the interpreter uses only one technique within a sentence or expression. Secondly, the interpreter combines some techniques, in which their
combinations can be classified into four techniques, including: 1 additions + subtractions, 2 additions + alterations, 3 subtractions + alterations, and 4
additions + subtractions + alterations. Based on both ways separated and combined, the techniques of adjustment employed by the interpreter can be
classified into seven techniques, as shown in Table 5.
Table 5.
Frequency and Percentage of the Techniques of Adjustment Employed by the Interpreter
No. Ways Techniques of Adjustment Frequency Percentage
1 Sepa
- rat
ed
1. Additions 89
49.44
2. Subtractions 17
9.44 3. Alterations
34 18.9
2
C om
bined
1. Additions + Subtractions 20
11.11 2. Additions + Alterations
14 7.78
3. Subtractions + Alterations 2
1.11 4. Additions + Subtractions
+ Alterations 4
2.22
TOTAL 180
100
In order to show the information in a simple way, the amounts in Table 5 can be transformed into a chart as follows.
In Table 5 and Figure 5, the techniques of adjustment are classified into seven techniques, which are: additions taking up 89 data or 49.44,
subtractions taking up 17 data or 9.44, and alterations taking up 34 data or 18.9, additions + subtractions taking up 20 data or 11.11, additions +
alterations taking up 14 data or 7.78, subtractions + alterations taking up 2 data or 1.11, and additions + subtractions + alterations taking up 4 data or
2.22. Here, it can be seen that additions is the technique most frequently used by the interpreter.
2. The Meaning Accuracy of the Interpreting
This research finds that the techniques of adjustment have some effects on the meaning accuracy. The accuracy in this research consists of three levels:
accurate, less accurate, and inaccurate. The data are considered accurate with 20
40 60
80 100
Add Sub
Alt Add
+ Sub
Add +
Alt Sub
+ Alt
Add +
Sub +
Alt
89
17 34
20 14
2 4
Techniques of Adjustment
Figure 5. Frequency of the Adjustment Techniques Employed by the Interpreter
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