Fadilah, Eva Nurul (2021) An Analysis of the Students’ Ability in Translating Idiomatic Expression at the Third Semester of State Institute for Islamic Studies of Metro in Academic Year 2020/2021. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

PDF SKRIPSI EVA NURUL FADILAH NPM 1601070086.pdf - Other Download (1MB)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the students’ ability in translating idiomatic expressions by students in the English Education Department at the third semester of the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) of Metro in academic year 2020/2021. The research wants to discuss about the students’ difficulties and the factors of the students’ difficulties in translating idiomatic expressions. The problems which found were explained in the background of the study.

This study was conducted based on qualitative analysis. The data collected through documentation and interview. The researcher took fourteen students’ documents in translating idiomatic expressions in the English Education Department at the third semester of IAIN Metro.

The result of the analyzed data explained that there were two categories of students’ difficulties in translating idiomatic expressions, the students are difficult to find the equivalent words in the target language (82%), and the students are difficult to interpret the idiomatic expressions (18%). Most of the students’ difficulties were caused by the students did not really understand about the theory of translation, the students have a limited knowledge especially about the culture of the source language, and the students have a limited number of idiomatic expressions dictionaries. Therefore, the students are difficult to find the equivalent words in the target language and the students are difficult to interpret the idiomatic expressions. Based on the result of this study, the students’ ability in translating idiomatic expressions in the English Education Department at the third semester of IAIN Metro was low. The students need more knowledge about idiomatic expressions. The ways to solve are the students should read the idiomatic expressions dictionaries, and do exercise in translating idiomatic expressions to increase their ability.

Keywords: English Education, Idiomatic Expressions, Source Language, Target Language, Translation

Actions (login required)

View Item