competence in both active and passive Bahasa Indonesia. Meanwhile, for some of the housewives, they have different level of competence from the students and
workers. Mostly they are able to speak and write in Bahasa Indonesia only in a common or regular use.
2. Data Collection
The first activity done was reading. The researcher read both of the English version of Dear John and theIndonesian version. Besides reading, the
researcher also compared the romance elementsinthe ST to the TT as well. The sentences of romance elements, which were found in both the English version
and Bahasa Indonesia version of Dear John, were highlighted and typed with the coding afterward.
Below, is the example of the data coding,
Table 3.1 “Affection”Data Coding
Data Code
Source Text Data
Code Targert Text
1STA 27
... when her eyes met mine, I felt
something click, like a key turning in a
lock.
Believe me, I‟m no romantic, and
while I‟ve heard all about love at first
sight, I‟ve never believed in it, and I
still don‟t. But even so, there was
something there, something
recognizably real,
and I couldn’t look away
1TTA 46
... saat matanya bertemu mataku,
aku merasa ada yang berbunyi klik,
bagaikan kunci yang berputar di
lubangnya. Percayalah, aku
bukan orang yang romantis, dan
walaupun sering mendengar tentang
cinta pada pandangan pertama,
aku tidak pernah memercayainya,
sampai sekarang. Tapi meskipun
demikian, ada sesuatu di sana,
sesuatu yang terasa nyata, dan aku tak
sanggup berpaling
In which: 1
: The number of data ST
: Source Text TT
: Target Text A
: Affection Category 27
: The number of page in the ST novel 46
: The number of page in the TT novel Some related books and studies are also used in order to get the scientific
theories for the translation strategy and acceptability indicator and scoring system.
The second activity done in this research was distributing questionnaires to the ten respondents. The questionnaire was purposed to check the
acceptability of theIndonesian version of Dear John by using the acceptability indicator and scoring system theory.
3. Population and Sample
The population of this study was the romance elements found in Nicholas Sparks‟ Dear John. The total of romance elements data found in the novel were
55 data,thereforesampling was needed. The population of the romance elements was divided into three categories. The first and the most widely category was
“affection”, which was 30 data; the second category was “endearment”, whose amount 16 data; while the last was “passion”, with 9 data.
