INVESTIGATING GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN TRANSLATING INDONESIAN SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH

Imansyah; I Made Permadi Utama

doi:10.2024/0nyfm385

Authors

Imansyah M.Pd, University of Education Mandalika Author
I Made Permadi Utama Pd University of Education Mandalika Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2024/0nyfm385

Keywords:

grammatical errors, translation, Indonesian to English, descriptive qualitative study, 11th-grade students, SMAN 6 Mataram, translation tests, questionnaires, error analysis

Abstract

The research aimed to identify and analyze grammatical errors made by students when translating Indonesian sentences into English. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, the study focused on 29 11th-grade Language students at SMAN 6 Mataram. Data collection involved translation tests and questionnaires. Analysis revealed a total of 100 errors, categorized as omission, addition, missformation, and missordering. Omission errors were the most prevalent (37%), followed by missformation (33%), addition (17%), and missordering (13%). The questionnaire indicated that 38.7% of errors stemmed from interlingual influences, specifically the students' native language or source language.

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