Speech Acts and Its Translation Accuracy in Bilingual Fables

  • Usep Muttaqin Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  • Nadia Gitya Yulianita Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  • Uki Hares Yulianti Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jes.2020.1.2.3621

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the type of speech act found in bilingual fables and its translation accuracy. The theory of Searle (1969) on the classification of speech act and the instrument of translation accuracy from Nababan et. al. (2012) are used in the study.  It is a descriptive qualitative research with embedded-case study. Several fables books from several different publishers are taken as the data source. The result shows that there are seven pairs of speech act found in both SL and TL utterances, namely directive – directive, representative – representative, expressive - expressive, commissive – commissive, directive - representative, expressive – representative, and expressive directive. The first four pairs are in the same type of speech act whereas the last three pairs have different types of speech acts between SL and TL utterances. Those pairs with the same type of speech act are mostly translated accurately while those pairs with different type of speech act are translated less accurately and inaccurately.

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Published
2020-12-29
How to Cite
MUTTAQIN, Usep; YULIANITA, Nadia Gitya; YULIANTI, Uki Hares. Speech Acts and Its Translation Accuracy in Bilingual Fables. J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 161-172, dec. 2020. ISSN 2723-357X. Available at: <http://jos.unsoed.ac.id/index.php/jes/article/view/3621>. Date accessed: 20 apr. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jes.2020.1.2.3621.
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