Open AccessThe Role of Semiotic in Translating Symbols for Biblical Texts
Author(s) -
Ni Made Diana Erfiani,
Ni Nyoman Tri Sukarsih,
Putu Chris Susanto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
heritage of nusantara
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2442-9031
pISSN - 2303-243X
DOI - 10.31291/hn.v9i1.554
Subject(s) - semiotics , literal and figurative language , meaning (existential) , linguistics , semiotics of culture , perspective (graphical) , social semiotics , visual semiotics , the symbolic , translation studies , sociology , epistemology , computer science , psychology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis
Semiotics, which is the science of signs, has become an increasingly interesting interdisciplinary area of study. As such, semiotics can also be used as both structural and pragmatic approach for translation studies, especially for studies in which meanings are difficult to comprehend including symbolic texts. This paper aims to uncover the role of semiotics in the translation of symbolic languages, especially religious texts. The study employs descriptive qualitative method to describe and interpret the data in the form of an analysis of symbolic text translation. This is to uncover the various attitudes and perspectives about the roles of semiotic science in the translation of religious texts. The findings of this study indicate that the semiotic perspective is able to reveal the dimensions of referential or conceptual meaning of the symbols through the appearance of a supplementary component, which connects literal and figurative meanings conventionally. This effort is carried out through the use of structural semiotic analysis tools, namely by exploring the relationships between symbolic meanings, both syntagmatically and paradigmatically.