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CHAPTER X
Analyzing Translation Products Based on Translation Methods

A. Short Description
This chapter provides activities of analysing various texts of translation from
Indonesian into English based on Translation Methods.

B. Subject Learning Outcome

After studying and learning this chapter, coginitively students are able to know, and
understand how to analyse various texts of translation based on translation methods,
affectively they can feel that analysing various texts of translation is important for
their life, and psychomotorically they can analyse various texts of translation well.

C. Lesson Material
Please analyse the following texts of translation based the translation methods you
have studied.

Indonesian Text English Text

Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih
Pada zaman dahulu, ada sebuah keluarga
kecil yang hidup bahagia. Keluarga
tersebut terdiri dari ayah, ibu, dan
seorang gadis cantik bernama bawang
putih. Mereka adalah keluarga yang
harmonis dan bahagia meskipun sang
ayah hanya bekerja sebagai seorang
pedagang biasa. Suatu hari, kebahagiaan
yang ada di dalam keluarga tersebut
hilang karena sang ibu meninggal.
Bawang putih sangat sedih karena ia
sangat menyayangi ibunya, begitu juga
sang ayah yang sangat sedih karena
sang
istri telah meninggal.
Setelah ibu bawang putih meninggal,
Onion and Garlic
In the ancient time, lived a little family.
The family consists of father, mother, and
a beautiful girl named Garlic. They are a
harmonious and happy family despite his
father worked as an ordinary merchant.
One day, the happiness in this family was
lost because the mother died. Garlic was
very sad because she was very fond of her
mother. Her father was also so sad
because he loved his wife so much.
After Garlic’s mother died, her house

rumahnya sering dikunjungi oleh seorang
janda yang mempunyai anak bernama
bawang merah. Ibu bawang merah sering
datang ke rumah bawang putih dan
membawakan makanan, membantu
membersihkan rumah, dan mengobrol
dengan ayah bawang putih. Akhirnya,
ayah bawang putih berpikir bahwa
sebaiknya ia menikah dengan janda
tersebut dan menjadikannya sebagai ibu
baru
untuk bawang putih.
Ia meminta usul dan pertimbangan dari
bawang putih. Setelah diizinkan untuk
menikah oleh bawang putih, maka sang
ayah segera melaksanakan pernikahan
dengan ibu bawang merah. Mereka
menjadi sebuah keluarga baru dan
tinggal di rumah tersebut. Pada awalnya,
ibu bawang merah dan bawang merah
sangat baik terhadap bawang putih.
Namun, perilaku baik tersebut tidak
bertahan lama. Lama-kelamaan bawang
merah dan ibunya mulai menunjukkan
sikap buruk mereka. bawang putih sering
dimarah dan diberikan pekerjaan berat
ketika sang ayah pergi berdagang. Ia
harus mengerjakan banyak pekerjaan
rumah sementara bawang merah hanya
duduk dan tidak bekerja sama sekali.
Namun, keadaan tersebut tidak pernah
diceritakan olehnya kepada sang ayah,
sehingga bawang putih terus
diperlakukan secara buruk oleh
bawang merah dan ibunya.
Pada suatu hari sang ayah sakit dan
meninggal dunia. Sejak saat itu, bawang
merah dan ibunya memperlakukan
bawang putih
semakin buruk. Bawang putih hampir
tidak pernah istirahat setiap hari. di
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was visited frequently by a widow who
had a daughter named Onion. The widow
often came with Onion to the Garlic’s
home by bringing food, helping to clean
the house, and chatting with Garlic’s
father. Finally, the father thinks that he
should marry the widow and made the
widow as a new mother for Garlic.
He asked for consideration of the
proposal to Garlic. After being allowed
to get married by Garlic, then her father
immediately carried out the marriage.
They become a new family and lived in a
house. At first, the mother and Onions
behaved Garlic very well. However, the
good behavior did not to be last long.
Soon, the Onion and her mother began to
show their bad attitude. Garlic was often
scolded and given heavy works when the
father went to trade. She had to do a lot of
housework while the Onions just sit and
did not work at all. However, the
situation was never told by her to his
father, so the Garlic continued to be
treated badly by Onions and her mother.
One day, his father was sick and passed
away. Since then, Garlic was treated
worse than before. Garlic almost never
had a break every day. In the morning,
she had to get up in order to prepare
breakfast and the

pagi hari, ia harus bangun untuk
mempersiapkan air dan sarapan bagi
bawang merah dan ibunya. Kemudian, ia
juga harus member makan ternak,
mencuci baju, dan bahkan menyirami
seluruh kebun. Meskipun pekerjaan yang
harus ia kerjakan begitu banyak, namun
bawan putih melakukan semua itu dengan
gembira. Ia berharap, dengan keikhlasan
tersebut, sang ibu mau menyayanginya
dengan tulus dan menganggapnya
sebagai anak
kandung.
Pada suatu pagi, bawang putih pergi ke
sungai untuk mencuci baju. Dia begitu
gembira dan mencuci dengan penuh
semangat. Karena terlalu semangat, ia
tidak sadar bahwa ada sebuah baju yang
hanyut. Ia menyadari bahwa baju tersebut
hanyut ketika telah terbawa aliran yang
cukup jauh. Kemudian, ia mengejarnya
dan tidak mendapatkan
baju tersebut. Ia merasa putus asa dan
segera pulang ke rumah.
Baju tersebut merupakan baju
kesayangan ibu bawang merah. Tentu
saja, sang ibu marah dan menyuruhnya
untuk mencari baju tersebut hingga
ditemukan. Bawang putih kembali lagi ke
sungai dan berjalan ke arah barat untuk
mencari baju kesayangan ibunya. Ia
berjalan menyusuri aliran sungai hingga
puluhan kilometer. Setelah itu, bawang
putih tiba-tiba melihat seseorang yang
sedang memandikan kerbau di sungai. Ia
bertanya kepada orang itu mengenai baju
yang hanyut. Kemudian, ia mendapat
informasi
bahwa baju ibu bawang merah hanyut
namun baju tersebut tidaklah jauh dari
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water for Onion and her mother. Later,
she also gave eating to the livestock,
washing clothes, and even watering the
entire garden. Although she should do so
many works, she always did it happily.
She hoped, with such sincerity, her
mother would love her sincerely
someday.
On the morning, Garlic went to the river
to wash the clothes. She was so excited
and washed vigorously. Because of
getting too excited, she was not aware
that there was a shirt that washed away.
She realized that the shirt had been
washed away when the flow carried it far
enough. Later, she pursued but did not get
the shirt. She felt hopeless and
immediately went home.
The shirt was her mother’s favorite. Of
course, the mother was angry and told her
to look for the shirt until she could found
it. Garlic came back to the river and
walked to the west to seek her mother’s
favorite shirt. She walked along the river
up to tens of kilometers. After that, Garlic
suddenly saw someone who was bathing
the buffalo in the river. She asked the
man about the clothes were washed away.
Later, she was informed that the shirt
drifting and it was not far from where she
was standing. At that moment, Garlic
immediately ran down the river to find
the shirt.

tempatnya berdiri. Saat itu juga, bawang
putih segera berlari menyusuri sungai
untuk menemukan
baju tersebut.
Hari semakin gelap dan bawang putih
menemukan sebuah rumah. Karena
sangat lelah, ia memutuskan untuk
beristirahat sejenak di rumah tersebut.
Ternyata, di dalamnya tinggal seorang
nenek yang sebelumnya sudah
menemukan baju milik ibu bawang putih.
Sang nenek ingin mengembalikan baju
tersebut kepada bawang putih, dengan
syarat bawang putih harus menemaninya
selama seminggu. Bawang putih begitu
iba dengan nenek tersebut, dan ia setuju
untuk tinggal bersama sang nenek selama
seminggu. Dalam waktu satu minggu, ia
membuat nenek tersebut amat gembira
karena bekerja dengan
rajin dan tidak pernah mengeluh.
Setelah bawang putih menemani sang
nenek selama seminggu, ia diberikan satu
buah labu sebagai hadiah. Ketika
membuka labu tersebut, ia sangat terkejut
karena didalamnya terdapat emas dan
permata yang begitu banyak. Ia segera
pulang dan memberitahukan kejadian
tersebut kepada sang ibu dan juga
bawang merah. Namun, emas dan
permata yang ia dapatkan segera direbut
dan ia dipaksa untuk memberitahukan
dimana perhiasan tersebut dapat
diperoleh. Bawang putih segera
mengatakan bahwa ia
mendapatkannya dari seorang nenek
yang tinggal di dekat sungai.
Esok hari, bawang merah datang ke
rumah nenek tersebut dan tinggal
selama satu minggu. Namun, karena
bawang merah adalah gadis yang
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It was getting dark and the Garlic found a
home. Because of completely exhausted,
she decided to take a break in the house.
Apparently, it housed an old lady who
had previously found the shirt. The old
lady wanted to return the shirt to her, but
she should accompany the old lady during
a week. She agreed to stay with the lady
for a week. Within a week, she made the
old lady to be so happy because she was
diligent and never complained even
though felt so tired.
After accompanying for a week, she was
given a pumpkin as the gift. When
opening it, she was very surprised
because there were so much gold and
gems. She immediately went home and
told the happening to her mother and also
Onion. However, the gold and jewels that
she got immediately seized and she was
forced to tell where the jewelry could be
obtained. Garlic immediately said that she
got it from an old lady who lived near the
river.
In the next day, Onion came to that house
and stayed for a week like what Garlic
did. However, because Onion was a lazy
girl, the old lady
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malas, maka sang nenek memberikannya
labu yang berbeda dari bawang putih.
Bawang merah tidak peduli dan ia segera
pulang dan membuka labu tersebut
bersama ibunya. Ternyata, isi labu
tersebut bukanlah permata atau emas,
namun ular berbisa yang menggigit
bawang merah dan ibunya. Kedua orang
tersebut meninggal karena
keserakahannya.
gave a different pumpkin from Garlic.
Onion did not care and Onion
immediately went home to open the
pumpkin with her mother. Apparently,
the content was not gems or gold, but the
venomous snake that bit of Onion and the
mother. Both of them died because of
their greed.

Bawang putih kini hidup sendiri namun ia After the happening, Garlic was living
lebih tenang karena tidak ada lagi orang alone, but she was more calm and lived
yang menganggunya. Ia hidup bahagia happily with its gold and gems.
dengan emas dan
permata yang dimilikinya.
Taken from
http://www.caramudahbelajarbahasainggris.net/2013/10/kumpulan-cerita-
rakyat-indonesia-dalam-bahasa-inggris-artinya.html

D. Summary
Many methods are used by translators in the process of translation.

E. Questions/Discussion
Look for one text of translation from Indonesian into English. Then analyse it based on
the translation methods you have studied.