LITERATURE REVIEW OF MALAY COMIC TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES [SOROTAN LITERATUR PENTERJEMAHAN KOMIK MELAYU KE BAHASA ASING]

Abstract

Abstract

The translation of literary works, particularly comic text genres, is not only neglected in Malaysia's academic scholars, but it is also a difficult and demanding task. This is especially true when translating language pairings from various language families. This is because the translation of such works is packed with unique linguistic styles and cultural elements, and it is frequently considered as a "plagiarized" creative output, even though these translated works play an equal role as other scholarly works. As a result, the purpose of this study is to identify previous research on the translation of comic texts into foreign languages, as well as to characterize the gaps that experts have yet to fill. This is a qualitative study with a content-analysis design. Data from specified sources, such as books, proceedings, journal articles, and theses, is then collected and examined descriptively. The study's findings show that the translation of Malay comic texts into foreign languages remains quite restricted in comparison to attempts in the reverse way. Meanwhile, many aspects of language, culture, and translation methodologies centered on the Malay-Arabic language pair and usingcomic texts as a corpus have yet to be empirically and extensively researched. As a result, it is provided that this study would contribute to the field of translation while also stimulating the agenda of global language and cultural knowledge transmission by internationalizing the Malay language through translation.

Keywords: literature review, translation, Malay-Arabic comics, language and culture aspects; translation approaches

Abstrak

Terjemahan karya sastera terutamanya genre teks komik bukan sahaja lesu dan kurang mendapat pengiktirafan daripada dunia akademik di Malaysia, malahan merupakan satu tugasan yang mencabar dan rumit. Apatah lagi jika melibatkan terjemahan pasangan bahasa daripada keluarga bahasa berbeza. Hal ini kerana terjemahan karya ini sarat dengan gaya bahasa dan unsur budaya yang unik serta hanya dianggap sebagai hasil kreatif “ciplak”, meskipun peranan terjemahan karya ini setaraf dengan peranan karya akademik yang lain. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti kajian lepas berkaitan penterjemahan teks komik ke bahasa asing serta memerihal kelompangan yang belum dikaji oleh para sarjana. Kajian ini merupakan kajian kualitatif menggunakan reka bentuk analisis kandungan. Data yang diperoleh melalui bahan-bahan tertentu seperti buku, prosiding, artikel jurnal dan tesis kemudiannya dikumpulkan dan dianalisis secara deskriptif. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan karya terjemahan teks komik berbahasa Melayu ke bahasa asing masih amat sedikit berbanding dengan usaha sebaliknya. Sementara, banyak lagi aspek bahasa, budaya dan pendekatan terjemahan yang memfokuskan pasangan bahasa Melayu-bahasa Arab dengan menggunakan teks komik sebagai korpus belum dikaji secara empirikal dan komprehensif. Sehubungan dengan itu, kajian ini diharap dapat memberi input dalam bidang penterjemahan sekaligus merancakkan agenda pemindahan ilmu bahasa dan budaya global di samping mengantarabangsakan bahasa Melayu melalui terjemahan.

Kata Kunci: sorotan literatur, penterjemahan, komik Melayu-Arab, aspek bahasa dan budaya;
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