THE ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES IN TRANSLATING SWEAR WORDS IN FREE GUY MOVIE SUBTITLE

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the types of swear words and translation strategies used by translators in translating swear words in Free Guy movie. The data used in this research consists of subtitles from the movie in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. The film can be accessed via Disney+Hotstar.com and was released in 2021. The research adopts a descriptive-qualitative methodology and employs Anderson and Trudgill's theory on swear word and Baker's theory on translation strategies. The results of the research indicate that a total of 85 swear words. The most frequent type of swear word is expletive swearing with 55 data (64.70%). The second most common type is abusive swearing with 15 data (17.64%). Auxiliary swearing has 9 data (10.58%), and the least frequent is humorous swearing with 6 data (7.05%). In terms of translation strategies, there are four strategies were identified. The most frequently used strategy is translation using a more neutral meaning with 34 data (40%). The second most common strategy is translation using common words with 25 data (29.41%). Translation by omission has 21 data (24.70%), and the least frequent strategy is paraphrasing using related words with 5 data (5.88%). The high occurrence of expletive swearing is attributed to the characters expressing their emotions or feelings rather than intending to intimidate, insult, or joke. The translation strategy using more neutral or less expressive words is often employed by translators when they encounter difficulties in translating the cultural context from the SL to the TL.