Syifa Olyfiani Sari 31119066 – Kafka on The Shore (Dunia Kafka)

1. Clause Structure Change

English
Supply routes from Taiwan and the continent
had been cut off by this time and urban
areas were suffering terribly from a lack of
food and fuel. Kafka on The Shore, 2005
Indonesian
Jalur pengiriman dari Taiwan dan benua lain
telah terputus, dan daerah perkota - an
sangat menderita akibat kekurangan pangan
serta bahan bakar.
(Penerjemah: Dewi Wulansari. Dunia Kafka
(Kafka on The Shore). Cetakan 3, Maret
2016, Tangerang: PT. Pustaka Alfavabet
Anggota IKAPITh.)

The sentence of “had been cut off” is basically translated into “telah terputus” is indicated
has a clause structure change from passive form.

2. Sentence Structure Change

English
I do what he says, get everything else out of
my head. I forget who I am, even.
Kafka on The Shore, 2005
Indonesian
Aku melakukan apa yang dikatakannya,
menyingkirkan hal-hal lain dari pikiranku.
Sampai aku lupa siapa aku.
(Penerjemah: Dewi Wulansari. Dunia Kafka
(Kafka on The Shore). Cetakan 3, Maret
2016, Tangerang: PT. Pustaka Alfavabet
Anggota IKAPITh.)

The sentence structure change in the word of “even” which is part of an adverb that is directly
put at the end of the clause, the translator uses the adverb before the clause and using the word
“Sampai” instead of “Bahkan” and without comma.
 3. Cohesion Change

English
"Because you decided it is," says Crow. “You
don't want to be at the mercy of things
outside you anymore, or thrown into
confusion by things you can't control.”
Kafka on The Shore, 2005
Indonesian
“Karena kau sudah memutuskan begitu,”
katanya. “Kau tidak mau lagi berada di
bawah belas kasihan apa pun yang ada di
luar dirimu, atau dibingungkan oleh hal-hal
yang tidak dapat kau kendalikan.”
(Penerjemah: Dewi Wulansari. Dunia Kafka
(Kafka on The Shore). Cetakan 3, Maret
2016, Tangerang: PT. Pustaka Alfavabet
Anggota IKAPITh.)

The name “Crow” translated into “katanya” in the target language. Crow is a noun, while
katanya in Indonesian is a possessive pronoun with the suffix -nya which placed after a word.

4. Level Shift

English
I can't really understand what it means. All I
know is I'm totally alone. All alone in an
unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer
who's lost his compass and his map.
Kafka on The Shore, 2005
Indonesian
tapi aku tidak dapat sungguh-sungguh
memahami apa artinya. Yang aku tahu, aku
benar-benar sendirian. Sendirian di tempat
yang asing, ibarat seorang pengelana yang
kehilangan kompas dan peta-nya.
(Penerjemah: Dewi Wulansari. Dunia Kafka
(Kafka on The Shore). Cetakan 3, Maret
2016, Tangerang: PT. Pustaka Alfavabet
Anggota IKAPITh.)

In this source text, the morpheme with the suffix -ly in the word “totally” becomes a
reduplicated word “benar-benar” with different phoneme variation. Also, in the word with the
prefix “Un-familiar” translated into a conjunction “yang” in the TL.

5. Scheme Change
 English
For my part I'm staring straight ahead,
undaunted, at the camera.
Kafka on The Shore, 2005
Indonesian
Sementara aku sendiri menatap lurus, tanpa
takut, ke arah kamera.
(Penerjemah: Dewi Wulansari. Dunia Kafka
(Kafka on The Shore). Cetakan 3, Maret
2016, Tangerang: PT. Pustaka Alfavabet
Anggota IKAPITh.)

The parallel scheme in the ST “undaunted” translated differently with alliteration scheme
“tanpa takut” in the source language.