Translation Techniques of Directive Speech Acts Found in Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings Movie

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the classification of directive speech acts based on Yule’s theory (1996), the classification of translation techniques based on Molina & Albir’s theory (2002), and the quality of translation based on Nababan’s theory (2012). This research used a descriptive qualitative method. The data source was taken from English and Indonesian subtitles text of a movie entitled Shang-chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. The result of this research showed that there were four types of directive speech acts found with total 70 data, which were; commanding 50 data (71,4%), forbidding 5 data (7,1%), requesting 8 data (11,4%), and suggesting 7 data (10,0%). Then, there were ten out of eighteen translation techniques applied in directive speech acts with total 78 data; literal translation 24 data (30,76%), reduction 20 data (25,64%), linguistic compression 12 data (15,38%), amplification 8 data (10,25%), established equivalent 5 data (6,4%), particularization 3 data (3,84%), generalization 2 data (2,56%), transposition 2 data (2,56%), discursive creation 1 data (1,28%), and compensation 1 data (1,28%). The translation quality assessment in this research is accurate, acceptable, and readable in the target language.