Defenisi Penerjemahan
Mohon dibaca dan simaklah definisi penerjemahan berikut.
Lalu, sintesiskan menjadi satu definisi
operasional yang dapat Anda jadikan
modal untuk mempelajari, mengkaji, dan memahami terjemahan.
Roman Jacobson (1959): An interpretation of verbal signs by means of some other
language (interlingual translation).
language (interlingual translation).
Eugene A. Nida and Charles Taber (1974:12): Translating consists in reproducing
in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language
message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.
in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language
message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style.
Mary Snell-Hornby (1988): Translation is a complex act of communication in
which SL-author, the reader as translator and translator as TL-author and the
TL-reader interact.
which SL-author, the reader as translator and translator as TL-author and the
TL-reader interact.
Susan Bassnett (1990): The rendering of a source language (SL) text into the
target language (TL) so as to ensure that (1) the surface meaning of the two
will be approximately similar and (2) the structures of the SL will be
preserved as closely as possible but not so closely that the TL structures will
be seriously distorted.
target language (TL) so as to ensure that (1) the surface meaning of the two
will be approximately similar and (2) the structures of the SL will be
preserved as closely as possible but not so closely that the TL structures will
be seriously distorted.
Basil Hatim and Ian Mason (1997:1): Translation is looked upon as an act of
communication which attempts to relay, across cultural and linguistic
boundaries, another act of communication (which may have been intended for
different purposes and different readers/hearers).
communication which attempts to relay, across cultural and linguistic
boundaries, another act of communication (which may have been intended for
different purposes and different readers/hearers).
Philipp Satrazny (2005: 1120): Translation occurs when a message or text
produced in one language (the ‘source’ language) is converted into a message or
text in another language (the ‘receptor’ or ‘target’ language).
produced in one language (the ‘source’ language) is converted into a message or
text in another language (the ‘receptor’ or ‘target’ language).
Prinsip-prinsip penerjemahan berikut ini mungkin dapat membantu Anda.
1. A translation must give the words of the original.
2. A translation must give the ideas of the original.
3. A translation should read like an original work.
4. A translation should read like a translation.
5. A translation should reflect the style of the original.
6. A translation should posses the style of the translator.
7. A translation should read as a contemporary of the original.
8. A translation should read as a contemporary of the translator.
9. A translation may add to or omit from the original.
10. A translation may never add to or omit from the original.
11. A translation of verse should be in prose.
12. A translation of verse should be in verse (Savory 1968:50)