An Analysis of Translation Techniques and Quality of Taboo Words in the Gran Torino Movie

<p align="justify">The research aims to identify type and function of taboo words in the Gran Torino movie, find out techniques used translating words, examine shift evaluate accuracy acceptability translation.</p><p align="justify">This uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data are movie form an English script its subtitle (Indonesian). informants provided information about translation quality through Focus Group Discussions (FGD).</p><p findings show that there total 270 data. There 10 types words; body parts, sexual acts, ethnic insults, profanity, vulgarity, curse, scatology, animal names, ancestral allusion, insulting references perceived psychological, physical, or social deviations. four functions auxiliary, abusive, expletive, humorous. 96% type-shifted 76% function-shifted. five found; reduction (43.7%), establishes equivalent (23%), explicitation (20%), adaptation (8.1%), implicitation (3.7%), discursive creation (0.7%), literal (0.4%). average score is 1.78 while 2.12. Therefore, 1.92.</p>