TRANSLATION METHODS IN TRANSLATING AGATHA CHRISTIE’S INDONESIAN VERSION NOVEL‘KUCING DITENGAH BURUNG DARA’

This research dealt with eight types translation methods in Agatha Christie’s Indonesian version novel ‘Kucing di Tengah Burung Dara’. This study was aimed to (1) investigating the types of translation methods were applied in Agatha Christie’s Indonesian version novel ‘Kucing ditengah Burung Dara’ (2) explaining how the application of translation methods were realized in Agatha Christie’s Indonesian Version Novel ‘Kucing ditengah Burung Dara’ (3) elaborating the reason why the translation methods were realized as the way they were. This study was conducted in a qualitative descriptive method. The data were the clauses from both Agatha Christie’s Indonesian and English version novel. In order to identify the translation methods in the novel, Newmark (1988) theory of translation methods and Chesterman. A (2017) theory of the reasons of translation methods were applied, and Robinson (2012) theory of the process of translation method. All the theories were used to conduct this study. The data were collected by purposive sampling data. The selected data were the clauses from Agatha Christie’s Indonesian version novel ‘Kucing di Tengah Burung Dara’ and English version novel ‘Cat among the Pigeons. The results of the study were found that the eight types of translation methods were used in translating the novel from English into Bahasa. The dominant translation method was communicative (46,4%). The dominant of the process of translation method was edit (52,1%). And the dominant reason of translation method was communication norm (52,1%). The reason why it became the highest percentage was because in this novel the communication between source language and target language as in trying to retain the same meaning or function of the source text. It requires that the translation product should communicate in such a way that others recognize and interpret the means of communication in the way it intends to, in the same way as people communicate.