AN ANALYSIS OF ACCURACY IN TRANSLATING A NEWS ITEM TEXT BY THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 2 TILATANG KAMANG

Abstract

This research analyse the translation work of the students in translating a news item text from English into Bahasa Indonesia. The design of the research is descriptive research. The population of this research is the first grade students of SMA N 2 Tilatang Kamang, Agam of 2015/2016 academic year. The sample of this research are 35 students chosen by using simple random sampling technique. The focus of this research are the accuracy level of the students’ work in translating a news item and the errors made by the students that make the result of the students’ translation become less accurate or not accurate. The data obtained through translation test as the instrumentation of this research. The data are assessed by using accuracy rating instrument. The result of the research shows that the average score is 1.92, with 32 (91.43%) students of the population are in less accurate level. Based on the students’ translation test result, the errors made by the students related to the accuracy are the addition of the words or information which are not related to the context, the omission the essential words or information, the word-for-word translation, and inappropriate choices of word.