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THE TRANSLATION STRATEGY OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION

FOUND IN THE RAINBOW TROOPS

NOVEL BY ANDREA HIRATA

THESIS

By:

NURSEHA

201410100311188

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

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THE TRANSLATION STRATEGY OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION

FOUND IN THE RAINBOW TROOPS

NOVEL BY ANDREA HIRATA

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana

degree in English Language Education

By:

NURSEHA

201410100311188

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2018

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APPROVAL

This thesis was written by Nurseha and was approved on

August 2, 2018

By:

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APPROVAL

This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

On August 2, 2018

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MOTTO

“Act locally, think globally“

DEDICATIONS

This thesis is dedicated to:

My greatest parents and my beloved family

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LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY

I hereby that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own

work and that all the assistance received in preparing this thesis and sources have

been acknowledged.

This is to certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the content of this

thesis is my own work. This thesis has not been submitted for any degree or other

purposes.

I also declare that this is a true copy of my thesis, as approved by my

thesis committee and the English Language Department office.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah, the most merciful and the most

loving. The praise of god who has given the researcher a blessing and mercies so

that the researcher can finish this thesis. However, piece and salutation always

delegated to our prophet Muhammad S.A.W who has guided us from the darkness

to lightness, from the wickedness to the kindness, and from the stupidity to the

cleverness. Therefore, the researcher has a good mind as I feel right now and can

write the thesis as good as we can.

First of all, I would like to thanks to express my gratitude and appreciation

to my first advisor, Dr.Sri Hartingsih, M.M and my second advisor, Santi

Prastiyowati, M.Pd for their support, advise, and patience in guiding me to

accomplish this thesis. Furthermore, my gratefulness goes to my thesis

examiners, for their beneficial feedbacks and suggestion so that I am allowed to

make good and best in my undergraduate thesis

My deepest gratitude is also to my parents who have always been my

motivation and reason to finish this thesis.

Thanks to all my family, especially my beloved friends Ica, kiki, Nur, Ria,

Rahma, Taufik, Anti, Saa, Asria, and Formal crew that I cannot mention one by

one who always remind and support me to finish this thesis.

Malang, August 2, 2018

Nurseha

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... iv

MOTTOS AND DEDICATIONS .................................................................... v

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ...................................................................... vi

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................. viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. ix

LIST OF APPENDICS .................................................................................... xi

LIST OF TABLE ............................................................................................ xii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTIONS

1.1 Research Background..................................................................... 1

1.2 Research Problem........................................................................... 5

1.3 Research Objectives ....................................................................... 5

1.4 Scope and Limitation ..................................................................... 5

1.5 Research significances ................................................................... 6

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ............................................................... 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Idiom .............................................................................................. 8

2.2 Characteristics of Idiom ................................................................. 10

2.2.1 Alteration of grammatical rules ............................................ 10

2.2.2 Conventional phrase .............................................................. 10

2.2.3 Alteration of word order........................................................ 10

2.2.4 Figurativeness ....................................................................... 10

2.2.5 Phrasal verb ........................................................................... 10

2.3 Translation ................................................................................. 11

2.4 Difficulty of Translating Idiom ................................................... 12

2.5 Idiom Translating Strategy ......................................................... 13

2.5.1 The Similar Meaning and Form..............................................13

2.5.2 The similar meaning but dissimilar form ........................... .....14

2.5.3 Paraphrasing ........................................................................ 14

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2.5.4 Omission ................................................................................ 15

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ............................................................................... 17

3.2 Research Object ............................................................................... 17

3.3 Data Collection................................................................................. 18

3.4 Data Analysis ................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings ............................................................................................. 22

4.1.1 The Meaning of the Idioms. ...................................................... 22

4.1.2 Idiom Translation Strategy ........................................................ 24

4.1.2.1 Translation by Using Similar Meaning and Similar Form 24

4.1.2.2 Translation by Using Similar Meaning but Dissimilar Form 26

4.1.2.3 Translation by Paraphrasing…. ........................................ 31

4.2 Discussion ......................................................................................... 33

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ...................................

5.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 36

5.2 Suggestions ...................................................................................... 37

REFERENCES.......................................................................................................38

APPENDICES........................................................................................................41

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 Idioms and the meanings ..................................................... 41

APPENDIX 2 Idioms and the translation strategy ...................................... 42

APPENDIX 3 Idiom using similar meaning and similar form .................... 43

APPENDIX 4 Idiom using similar meaning but dissimilar form ................ 44

APPENDIX 5 Idiom using paraphrasing .................................................... 44

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 4.1 The idioms and the meaning.................................................... 23

TABLE 4.2 Idioms with Similar Meaning and Similar form Strategy ....... 24

TABLE 4.3 Idioms with Similar Meaning but Dissimilar form Strategy. ... 27

TABLE 4.4 Idioms with Paraphrasing Strategy ........................................... 32

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