JELL (Journal of English Language and Literature) STIBA-IEC Jakarta
Vol 6 No 02 (2021): JELL STIBA IEC

AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ TRANSLATION

Julyanta Br Sitepu (Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing IEC Bekasi)
Abdulloh Abdulloh (Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing IEC Bekasi)
Sarsono Sarsono (Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing IEC Bekasi)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2021

Abstract

The research is conducted to find out what types of errors the students do most in translating English into Indonesian and Indonesian into English in order to improve the quality of the teaching for Private University Students. The description of the data is made by the writer based on the errors the students made in translation. The errors are articles, plural words, pronoun, noun phrases, gerund, participles, tenses, and word choices. The methodology used in this research is a qualitative research using the students’ translation from English into Indonesian and Indonesian into English. The research found the most error made by the students in translation is word choices 33.18 % or 154 errors in translating English into Indonesian and tenses 48.73% or 135 errors in translating Indonesian into English. The least error found in the students’ translation was gerund 0.64% or 3 errors in English into Indonesian and 0.72% or 2 errors Indonesian into English

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jell

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language and Literature (JELL) is a journal published by STIBA-IEC Jakarta. This journal is published two times a year (March and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or education, research, and Literature. The journal ...