MODULATION PROCEDURE ON TABOO IN ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

This study discusses the translation procedure of taboo words and acceptability aspects in Indonesian novel Me Earl Dying Girl. applied a descriptive-qualitative approach using Vinay Darbelnet’s modulation theory Nababan’s concept. As result, 92 procedures unfindable words, 30 fixed modulations, 62 free modulations were found. Those classified into Jay’s classification terms, which consisted 22 data on sexual reference, 11 profane, 7 scatological referents, animal names, 10 ethnic-racial-gender slurs, 4 insulting references, 5 ancestral allusions, 2 substandard vulgar items, 24 offensive slang. For analysis, this took eighteen samples from Jay's nine types terms to be rated by respondents. The respondents final-year English Literature Department students UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. results showed that tended acceptable.