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TRANSLATION STRATEGIES FOR CULTURE-SPECIFIC WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE NOVEL SCHÖN WIE DIE ACHT
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Thisstudyaimstoanalyzethetranslationstrategiesofculturally-based wordsandphrasesfromGermanintoIndonesianinthenovelSchönwie die Acht. This study uses a comparative descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through documentation studies and analyzed using Peter Newmark's (1988) cultural category theoryandMonaBaker's(1992)translationstrategytheory.Theresults show that there are 20 culturally-conceptual words and phrases consisting of five cultural categories, namely material culture, social culture, organizational or conceptual culture, ecological culture, and gesturalorhabitualculture.Themost dominanttranslationstrategywas translation using loanwords and adding explanations. These findings confirmthattranslatorsstrivetopreserveculturalmeaninginthetarget text without losing the original nuances. This study contributes to the study of cross-language cultural translation, particularly between German and Indonesian.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/alm.v15i2.96049
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