COMPARISON OF SUBTITLING STRATEGIES OF SLANG IN OFFICIAL AND FANSUB SUBTITLES OF BAD BOYS II MOVIE DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BAY
Abstract
The research entitled “Comparison of Subtitling Strategies of Slang in Official and Fansub Subtitles of Bad Boys II Movie Directed by Michael Bay” types of slang language and subtitling strategies applied by official and fansub translators in translating slang words and phrases are the objective of this research. This research applied a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the results of the subtitling strategies. The researcher applied the theory of slang from Chapman (1998:263), and Guth (1962-95), for the subtitling strategy the researcher used the theory from Gottlieb (1992). From 75 data of slang words and phrases, the researcher found out that there are three types of slang used in this movie that is, primary slang (69%), nickname (29%), and secondary slang (1%). For subtitling strategies, the researcher found out that there are 3 subtitling strategies used by the official translator such as transfer strategy (40%), deletion strategy (31%), and paraphrase (29%). For the fansub, the researcher found out that the fansub translator used 4 subtitling strategies such as transfer strategy (52%), paraphrase strategy (32%), imitation strategy (12%), and deletion strategy (4%). From the analysis that has been done, the researcher found out that the transfer strategy is the most widely used subtitling strategy by official and fansub translators.References
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