AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES USED IN ROBERT FROST’S POEM “THE ROAD NOT TAKEN”

Abstract

Even though there have been many studies examining translation techniques in poetry, there are still few that examine the translation techniques used in Robert Frost's Poem. The objectives of this study are to identify the types of translation techniques and to find out the most dominant type of translation techniques used in the translation of Robert Frost’s Poem “The Road Not Taken”. The research employed a descriptive qualitative methodology, which is designed to to explain how the data was obtained and the results. It serves to provide comprehensive descriptions of these situations or events, making it a method designed to collect fundamental data. The data were taken from Robert Frost’s Poem “The Road Not Taken”. The finding shows that there were 14 translation techniques used in Robert Frost’s Poem “The Road Not Taken”. The researcher also finds that the most dominant type of translation technique is Description. This technique involves providing a detailed and rich description in the target language to capture the essence of the original text. Therefore, researchers are interested in analyzing the translation technique used in translating a poem from the source language to other languages target.

Keywords: language, literature, methods, poetry, Robert Frost, translation