The Role of Gender in the Process Translation

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to present an investigation of gender that take the role in translation studies. Since there will be several translations of the works by different translators that belong to different genders, in this study, the focus is to find out whether these translations by different translators that belong to different genders might affect the target language and might cause the readers to form a subjective point of view. Qualitative method was used in this study and the data gathered analyzing a recount text and determining some phrases as the base of analysis to be translated by four samples, two males and two females. As a result, after the analysis made, it has been concluded that gender in particular might affect the translation works. Although there were some differences, not any proof found that showed gender might affect translation works significantly.