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Speech Acts in Court: A Study on The Court Interpreting of “Coffee Killer Trials”

Authors
Raden Handoyo1, *, M. R. Nababan1, Riyadi Santosa1, Djatmika Djatmika1
1Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: raden.handoyo@unsoed.ac.id
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Raden Handoyo
Available Online 23 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-162-3_36How to use a DOI?
Keywords
court interpreting; speech acts; translate; utterances
Abstract

Court interpreting plays a significant role in mediating communication between the opposing parties who speak different languages. Here, the interpreter is assigned to translate utterances into the target language in accordance with the intentions (speech acts) using certain techniques to produce a high quality rendering. These aspects are observable in the interpreting of The Coffee Killer trials (Si Kopi Maut) in 2016 related to the death of a woman named Mirna Salihin. This event became a reference of how a interpreting is done to meet the principles of fairness in court in Indonesia. Such phenomenon is still under-researched in Indonesia. Therefore, the researcher decided to conduct a descriptive-quantitative analysis on the interpreting of The Coffee Killer trials, focusing on, among others, identifying the types of speech acts using the classification of speech acts by Searle (1976). It is found that the majority of speech acts belongs to representative and directive. This result implies that Si Kopi Maut trial accomplished its function as an interrogative court session with questioning and answering as the main speech acts to explore facts, knowledge and opinions to assist the court in making judicial decision.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Seminar SEMANTIKS & PRASASTI 2023 Theme: Language in the Workplace (PRASASTI 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 December 2023
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978-2-38476-162-3
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2352-5398
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