Cultural Aspects on Subtitling Videos from Bahasa Indonesia into English

Ismailia, Titik (2020) Cultural Aspects on Subtitling Videos from Bahasa Indonesia into English. JeapCo (Journal of English in Academic and Professional Communication, 6 (1). pp. 22-31. ISSN 2356-2862

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Abstract

Translation activity is the way to translate one language into another language. In this process some aspects may involved. One of them is cultural aspect. Katan in Munday (2009) said that cultures in translation are languages, behaviour patterns, and values. Culture developed in society includes educational system, arts, architecture, the way of life, and ideology. While Newmark (1988) said that culture is the way of life and manifestation of peculiar community that uses a particular language in expressions. Furthermore, Newmark categorization on cultural aspects includes ecology (flora, fauna, winds, plains, hills), material culture (artifacts, food, clothes, houses and towns, transport), social culture (work and leisure), organizations, customs, activities, procedures, concepts (political and administrative, religious, artistics ), gestures and habits. Based on those definitions and categories, the writer analyze student’s assignment on translations course. It consisted of 5 videos with folklore theme. The result shows that all those categories found. It shows that every language has its own cultural aspects and translation can give new knowledge to the writer and students as well.

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