SUBTITLING ANALYSIS OF HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTER

Abstract

This research emphasized on scrutinizing the subtitling strategy used by the
subtitler of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter movie by Jack and the Wilee. It
also analyses the subtitling quality of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter movie by
Jack and the Wilee. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The
purposes of this research are: (1) To describe the subtitling strategies used by
the subtitler of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter movie by Jack and the Wilee,
and (2) To describe the subtitling quality of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter
movie by Jack and the Wilee. The data are analyzed based on the theories of
subtitling strategies and subtitling quality. The data are utterances containing
subtitling strategies and subtitling quality collected from the data source. The
data source is the subtitle of Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunter movie by Jack and
the Wilee. The results of this research show that there are 748 data. The
researcher finds nine strategies are: (1) 226 data to transfer, (2) 20 data to
expansion, (3) 156 data to paraphrase, (4) 11 data to condensation, (5) 8 data to
decimation, (6) 62 data to imitation strategy, (7) 3 data to transcription strategy,
(8) 372 data to deletion strategy, (9) 7 data to resignation. There is no
dislocation strategy. There are three aspects for good quality that subtitling
should fulfill: accuracy, acceptability, and readability: (1) 599 data or 80 %
accurately, (2) 67 data or 9 %
less accurately, (3) 82 data or 11 % inaccurately,
(4) 622 data or 83.2 % acceptability, (5) 67 data or 9 %
less acceptability, (6) 59
data or 7.8 % unacceptability, (7) 631 data or 84.3 %
high readability level, (8)
56 data or 7.5 % moderate readability level, and (9) 61 data or 8.2 % low
readability level
.
Key words: movie, quality, strategy, subtitling