A Translation Analysis Of Adjective Phrases In Sherlock Holmes: A Study In Scarlet And Its Translation

This descriptive qualitative research conduct to classify types of pattern of adjective phrases, to classify types of translation shift of adjective phrases, and to describe the translation quality in Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet novel and its translation. The data are all utterances that contain adjective phrase. Techniques of collecting data are from intensive reading repeatedly, and note taking data. The data analyzed by using theory by Catford The data analyzed by using theory by Catford (1965), Greenbaum (1996), and using instrument evaluation by Nababan (2012). First finding is from 75 data there are 5 patterns of adjective phrases: Adjective + Adverb, Adverb + Adjective, Adverb + Adjective + Conjunction + Adjective, Intensifier + Adjective, Adverb + Determiner + Adjective. Second finding are the text translated by using two types of translation shift they are level shift and structure shift. Third finding shows the translation qualities from both novels are accurate, acceptable, and readable