Data 1 The Acceptability Translation in the Analysis Using Target Text’s Blurb
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young girl to follow the crowd to see what happened. Furthermore, strangeness occurred to that girl with her surprise of a voice whispering to her ear that made
her turned around and found someone she did recognize. Within two minutes, the girl became the next dead body killed after being choked.
Dictions “Mayat” Dead body and “Misterius” Mysterious are considered connect to the blurb of TT title.It connects to a chain murder with big
questions of the murderer, the relationships with victims and the motives behind action.”Misterius” covers for the ambience produced in the whole scene of blurb.
Meanwhile, ”mayat” takes part as one or two object characters that are being told and drawn upon readers’ interests. Hence, 21 of 30 respondents agree that the
translation title of Mayat Misterius is acceptable.
vi. Data 9
Code ST
TT Average
Score
9STThGTMFPB The Moving Finger
Pena Beracun 1.4
From the back cover of TT book it tells a mysterious letter coming from London that making scene and scaring everyone. It was composed with pieces of
words cut and taken from a magazine. The writing itself meant hardly anything to understand, but it took everyone’s breath away. The letters were the first thing
caused everyone scared to death, and the next thing happened, it started to take lives for death. Everything was a sort of mystery and threat with big giant
question of whom will be the next for death. By the significance of dictions “pena” pen and “beracun” poisoned,
both relate to blurb content. In this context, “pena” symbolizes ‘writing’ and
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“beracun” covers all implicit story elements written out in book giving negative influence through fright, threat and murder. Hence, 19 of 30 respondents consider
the title is acceptable for the content of blurb.
vii. Data 10
Code ST
TT Average
Score
10STThGTPHMPT The Pale Horse
Misteri Penginapan Tua
1.4 The story began with a dying woman talked to Father Gorman with teary
eyes emitting a pain, insisting bad things happened lately was too cruel, “please make it stop… It needs to stop…You have to…” For the moment, Pastor Gorman
firmly said to trust him and comforted her while tucking a paper full of names mentioned by that old woman. It was a series of names without meanings; a list of
people names who have no similarity. Then, on his way home, Father Gorman was killed, and the police found the list. Moreover, Mark Easterbrook started his
investigation towards those names, and he finally found connections between them which lead him to a terrible pattern: everyone written down in the list had
died—or his guess, they were marked as the target of murder. Dictions “misteri” mystery and “di penginapan tua” in an old innbuilds
a thriller ambience for readers to expect the atmosphere of mystery. Meanwhile “penginapan tua” likely refers to “an Old Inn” is the place where a series of
killings happened that makes a dying woman as the opening character in blurb upset and asks for help from Father Gorman. In addition, it is supported by the
result 17 of 30 respondents who picked out data 10 acceptable.
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viii. Data 11
Code ST
TT Average
Score
11STThGWDTPBK Why Didn’t
They Ask Evan? Pembunuhan di
Balik Kabut 1.3
The blurbbegan with short description of setting where the place was surrounded by fog which slowly faded out. Then, story pointed out to a dying
man—aged about 40s, fainted and counted on his breath—who is lying on the ground with all his exposure of brown curly hair, big nose, sturdy chin, a set of
white clean teeth seen from his crooked lips, and his pair of legs that are bent over in a strange position. Until he suddenly opened his eyes and said one peculiar
sentence, ‘Why didn’t they call Evans?’, then followed by his body went trembled, eyes and mouth shut closed afterwards… which meant he died.
In the analysis data 11, TT title has diction “kabut” fog that means “muddle” signifying “confusion, blur and vague”. The dying man in blurb also fill
the story content which is still blur and unclear.On the other words, the dying mind also utters his vague last sentence ‘why didn’t they call Evans?’ that
eventually gives the ambience of vague for the whole plot. That is why 20 of 30 respondents pick it out as acceptable.
ix. Data 12
Code ST
TT Average
Score
12STThGDCELD Death Comes as
the End Ledakan
Dendam 1.4
The TT book cover gave a very brief blurb in which it started with an old 40.000 years murder mentioned in the first thing. Next, the story continued with a
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woman named Renisenb who came back to her father’s house at the mountain side of Nil river after her husband died. However, the luxurious home of that woman’s
father may incline to some other troublesome calling of greed, desire and murder. TT title “Ledakan Dendam”the explosion of revenge refers the idea
conveyed in blurb.The title also describes the mystery of Reinensb’s father’s house which drags over greed, desire and murder as the matters. Furthermore, the
titlealso could be the impact part or the result of the matters. Therefore, 17 of 30 respondents select this data as acceptable.