Translation Strategies in Subtitling Java Heat Movie

The research deals with translation strategies used in Java Heat movie. The objectives of this study were: (1) to illustrate the types of subtitling strategies used in Java Heat movie texts. (2) to describe how the translation strategies realized in the clauses of Java Heat subtitling, and (3) to explain the reason of utilizing translation strategies in Java Heat movie texts. The research methodology used in the research was qualitative research design. The data were clauses. The data were collected through documentary technique. They were analyzed by using interactive model of qualitative data management and analysis namely data collection, data condensation, data display and verification and conclusion. The findings of this study revealed that: (1). There were eight types of translation strategies based on Baker’s theory in Java Heat movie namely translation by paraphrase using a related word (23.32%), followed by translation by omission (19.69%), translation by illustration (16.06 %), translation by a more general word (13.95%), translation by paraphrase using unrelated words (13.95%), translation by cultural substitution(8.79%), translation by using a loan word (3.44%), and translation by a more neutral/less expressive word (0.76%). The realization of subtitling strategies in the clauses of Java Heat movie texts consist of the process of translation based on the sequences; single strategy (95%) double strategies (2%), triple strategies (2%) and quadruple (1%). The reason of translation strategies used in Java Heat movie were historical circumstances, traditions and the strategy which is accustomed for both the source and the target viewer.
The conclusion: (1) the translation strategies that analyzed in form of clauses and also as the research data mostly focused on Paraphrase with Related Words. (2) The strategy to which is accustomed for both the source and the target viewer as the focused on translator reason used translation strategies in Java Heat movie texts.