Idiomatic Translation Strategies in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Movie Subtitles
Keywords:
Idiomatic expression, Translation Strategy, Movie ScriptAbstract
This study is entitled “Idiomatic Translation Analysis of Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang Movie Subtitle”. The aims of this study are (1) to identify the type of idiomatic expression, and (2) to analyze the translation strategies used in the translation of idiomatic expressions found in Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang movie script. This study used a descriptive qualitative methodology in which words and phrases were used to represent the data. Two theories were utilized to examine the data: (1) Adam Makkai’s (1994) theory to identify the type of idiomatic expression used in this movie; and (2) Mona Baker’s (1992) theory to analyze the translation strategy. The findings of this study indicate two key points: (1) there are several types of idiom, including 20 phrasal compounds idiom, 3 tournure idioms, 3 irreversible binomial idioms, and 1 incorporating verb idiom; the most prevalent form, with 33 data, is the phrasal verb idiom. (2) There are idiomatic translation strategies used in the target language subtitle, 16 using similar meaning and form, 5 using similar meaning but dissimilar form, 2 using the translation by omission, and most frequently, the translation by paraphrasing with 37 data.
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