Students’ Ability in Translating Narrative Text from Indonesia into English

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200306.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

translation, narrative text, accuracy, readability, acceptability

Abstract

Mastering translation skill gives more career opportunities beyond academics domain for English learner especially English department students in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to analyze English Department students’ ability in translating a narrative text into English. The study was focused on accuracy, readability, and acceptability of the translation product. The subject was students of English Department at Universitas Eka Sakti Padang. The result showed that that the ability of the students in translating Indonesian text into English is in medium or average level. The improvement is needed in translation studies in order to create more job opportunities beyond academics area for the students in the future.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vicky Rinaldo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/11
TI  - Students’ Ability in Translating Narrative Text from Indonesia into English
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 215
EP  - 219
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200306.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200306.036
ID  - Rinaldo2020
ER  -