Translation Quality of Expressive Language in Poetry from English into Indonesian Made by English Department Students

Nadya Liza Syafitri (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Havid Ardi (Universitas Negeri Padang)

Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 12, No 3 (2023)

This research aims at measuring students’ Translation Quality of Expressive Language in Poetry from English into Indonesian Made by English Department Students of Universitas Negeri Padang. The qualitative research was used in this research.  The population of this research was the sixth semester English Education students of Universitas Negeri Padang. There were 20 students selected as the sample through the purposive sampling method. Data were collected through a translation test. There were two raters involved in analyzing the quality of the translation result. Findings revealed that the translation quality produced by students are included as accurate with score 2.76, acceptable with score 2.66 and readable with score 2.73.