Types of Data Research Procedure
information about Nile to the readers. In its SL form, the word Nile itself carries the meaning of the name of a river.
Thirdly, the writer analyzed the title writing techniques used by the translator to write
the Indonesian titles of Agatha Christie’s books. This analysis is to answer the third problem. The analysis described as follows:
Table 6. The Technique Used to Write Indonesian Titles of Agatha Christie’s Books
No TL
Title Writing Technique Used
16TLMSM Mrs McGinty Sudah Mati Combining the main character with a predicate
Based on the example, it can be seen that the title involved the name of the main character. The main character of the story, also subject, is Mrs.
McGinty. After that, the name of the main character is combined with a predicate. In this title, Sudah Mati is the predicate. It gives further information
about the subject. Besides using the theories that are already stated in the second chapter of
this thesis, the writer also used dictionaries to check the lexical meaning of both SL and TL words. The dictionaries used are
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary International Student’s Edition and Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.
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