Kritikan terhadap hipotesis pengeksplisitan: Penelitian hipotesis Blum-Kulka dalam terjemahan [Criticism of the explicitation hypothesis: observations on Blum-Kulka's hypothesis in translation]

Mukhlis   Rosli; Nasimah  Abdullah; Lubna  Abd Rahman

doi:10.33306/mjssh/126

Mukhlis Rosli Faculty of Islamic Civilisation Studies, The Selangor International Islamic University College (KUIS), Malaysia
Nasimah Abdullah Department of Arabic Language and Linguistics Studies, The Selangor International Islamic University College (KUIS), Malaysia
Lubna Abd Rahman Department of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Malaysia.

Abstract

Explicitation like any other field in translation studies has its own level of development. The explicitation was first introduced indirectly by Vinay & Darbelnet which was later developed into a systematic study by Blum-Kulka through observations on the level of cohesion in the translated text. Blum-Kulka has proposed an explicitation hypothesis that assumes that the process of interpretations might lead to a target text which is more redundant than the source text regardless of the increase traceable to differences between the two linguistic and textual systems involved. This hypothesis appears to have a significant impact on the domain of explicitation. However, Blum-Kulka's study especially her hypothesis has received a lot of support and questions. Several scholars have approached the matter directly and have various points of view in this regard. In order to present a thorough finding on the problems of this hypothesis, the research aims to conduct a comprehensive research of the critique of the Blum-Kulka explicitation hypothesis. The study focused on descriptive analysis with concentrating on the explicitation hypothesis Blum-Kulka and other related studies. The research process and the critical analysis of views will be drawn to the conclusion of the study. The overall findings of the discussion showed that the Blum-Kulka explicitation hypothesis was exposed to three serious shortcomings. Even so, this hypothesis has an undeniable part in shaping and enhancing the discourse of explicitation these days.

[Bidang pengeksplisitan sepertimana bidang yang lain mempunyai peringkat perkembangan tersendiri dalam lapangan pengajian terjemahan. Pengeksplisitan pada mulanya diperkenalkan secara tidak langsung oleh Vinay & Darbelnet kemudiannya telah dikembangkan kepada satu kajian sistematik oleh Blum-Kulka melalui penelitian tahap kohesi dalam teks terjemahan. Blum-Kulka memperkenalkan hipotesis pengeksplisitan yang menganggap bahawa proses penterjemahan akan menyebabkan teks sasaran lebih cenderung kepada eksplisit berbanding teks sumber tanpa mengambil kira peningkatan jumlah perbezaan sistem linguistik dan tekstual antara dua bahasa. Hipotesis pengeksplisitan berjaya meninggalkan impak yang cukup besar dalam domain pengeksplisitan. Walau bagaimanapun kajian Blum-Kulka khususnya hipotesis pengeksplisitan tersebut telah mendapat sokongan dan kritikan yang pelbagai. Beberapa sarjana telah membincangkan perkara ini secara khusus dan mempunyai sudut pandangan berbeza dalam hal tersebut. Bagi mengemukakan satu dapatan tuntas mengenai permasalahan hipotesiss tersebut, maka kajian ini berobjektifkan untuk melakukan penelitian dan tinjauan komprehensif berhubung kritikan terhadap hipotesis pengeksplisitan Blum-Kulka. Penelitian kajian menjurus kepada bentuk analisis secara deskriptif dengan menumpukan kepada hipotesis pengeksplisitan Blum-Kulka dan kajian lain yang bersangkutan dengannya. Proses penelitian dan penganalisisan secara kritis terhadap setiap pandangan akan dimuatkan untuk menghasilkan kesimpulan lengkap kajian. Dapatan keseluruhan perbincangan mendapati hipotesis pengeksplisitan Blum-Kulka terdedah kepada tiga kelemahan utama. Walau bagaimanapun hipotesis ini mempunyai peranan besar yang tidak dapat dinafikan dalam mencorak dan mencambah perbincangan pengeksplisitan pada masa kini.]

Keywords: Explicitation, Explicitation Hypothesis, Blum-Kulka, Process of the Explicitation, Translation-Inherent, Pengeksplisitan, Hipotesis Pengeksplisitan, Proses Pengeksplisitan, Implikasi terjemahan

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