PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM AT FKIP UNISMUH PALU IN TRANSLATING ENGLISH TEXT INTO BAHASA INDONESIA

Keywords: translation error, idiom translation, word order, word equivalence

Abstract

The objective of this descriptive research is to find out the problems of the sixth semester students in translating English text into Bahasa Indonesia. The problem population of this research consists of two classes with 42 students in total For total sampling technique, the population number is also the sample. The result shows that the dominant errors faced by students were idioms, word equivalence and word order.

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Published
2020-12-06
How to Cite
Mappewali, A. (2020). PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM AT FKIP UNISMUH PALU IN TRANSLATING ENGLISH TEXT INTO BAHASA INDONESIA. Journal of Foreign Language and Educational Research, 2(2), 34-40. https://doi.org/10.31934/jofler.v2i2.1352