An Analysis of Thematic Progression In Trump's Speech And It's Translation

Abstract

This study deals with thematic progression analysis of trump's speech and it's translation, focuses on how a translator puts differences between the source and the target language text. The differences of itself can be found by analyzing each sentence chosen by the translator. This study used Theme-Rheme and Thematic Progression method taken from the book entitled An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics 2nd Edition (Eggins, 2004). and to find out what kind of thematic progression and dominant types of thematic progression used by trump's speech.The data were the transcript of President Donald Trump inauguration speech. Descriptive qualitative method was applied in this research. This research was conducted at library of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara on March 2017. The study shows that both texts use Participants as the most frequently used theme. However, the target language considers Participants much more important than the source language does. Meanwhile, for thematic progression analysis both texts use Constan Theme Pattern . It can be concluded that both texts tend to be monotonous. Trump's speech were used all types of thematic progression in this trump's inauguration speech. The total Constant Theme 38x (42.50%), Linear Theme 13x (16.30%), Split Theme 1x (1.50%),Derived Theme 1x (1.50%). The most dominant types he used was Constant Theme 38x (42.50%). This research will be useful to learn on how to create effective reasoning for their statement in deliver a speech. It can also useful for public speaking class to teach the students on how to create effective speech.