Subtitling Strategies of Affect Attitude Appraisals in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Movie

Abstract

The research aims to analyze Subtitling Strategies employed by the translator or subtitler in the translation of the Affect Attitude Appraisals in a movie entitled The Empire Strikes Back (1980) from its first language, English, to its target language, the Indonesian Language. The research employs the descriptive qualitative method, particularly the content analysis approach, as the object of the study is a movie, which in itself is a form of content. The data is gathered by examining both the English script and the Indonesian subtitles. These subtitles are taken from a website, sub2fm.co. This research also uses several theoretical frameworks as its basis, including Subtitling Strategies by Gottlieb (1991) and appraisal studies by Martin & Rose (2007). There were 43 affect appraisals found in the Empire Strikes Back (1980) translated using 7 different subtitling strategies. The researcher found that the most prominent technique used in translating these attitude appraisals is the Transfer strategy, accounting 37 out of all 89 data. The second most prominent strategy is the Condensation strategy, with a tidal of 12 out of all 89 data. The third most prominent strategy is the Paraphrase strategy, with a total of 11 data belonging to this category out of all 89. Resignation is the least prominent subtitling strategy found in translating clauses containing affect attitude appraisals in The Empire Strikes Back movie, with a total of only 3 instances. Among all 7 strategies found in translating the affect appraisals in The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Moreover, this research also resulted in the Inclination: Desire (Disposition) being the most prominent in The Empire Strikes Back movie (1980), with a total of 16 data. From this research, the researcher can conclude that the Transfer strategy is the most likely employed strategy to translate clauses containing affect attitude appraisals in The Empire Strikes Back movie (1980).