Translation Analysis of Directive Speech Act in Fang Runin’s Utterances in The Dragon Republic Novel

Abstract

This research focuses on the translation analysis of directive speech act translation uttered by Fang Runin in the Dragon Republic novel. This research covers the analysis of directive speech act subcategory, translation technique, and translation quality assessment in terms of accuracy, acceptability and readability. The data were obtained from two sources, documents in form of novel entitled the Dragon Republic and Republik Naga, and informants in the form of raters. This research employed purposive sampling technique in selecting the data and informants. In collecting the data, this research employed document analysis and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The findings discovered a total of 152 instances of directive speech acts uttered by Fang Runin. Those were classified into six subcategories, question (70 data), requirement (44 data), requestive (20 data), prohibitive (7 data), advisory (7 data) and permissive (4 data) showing question as the most dominant subcategory. This research also identified 13 translation techniques dominated by established equivalent. Lastly, the cumulative translation score is 2.93. The findings suggested that the translator managed to produce a relatively good-quality translation.