Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature Studies
Vol 2, No 2 (2022)

DEPICTING EFL LEARNERS' STRATEGIES AND DILEMMA IN TRANSLATION

Afif Ikhwanul Muslimin (Universitas Islam Negeri Mataram, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)
Fitrana Harintama (Universitas Islam Negeri Mataram, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2022

Abstract

Depicting EFL Learners' Strategies and Dilemma in Translation. The present study isaimed at depicting EFL learners? strategies and dilemma in conducting English-Indonesia translations. This study will employ survey design with quantitativeapproach. The participants will be 124 EFL learners who are joining translation classat English Education Department, UIN Mataram in academic year 2021/2022. Theadapted questionnaire comprises translation problems in terms of vocabulary,culture understanding, choice of strategy, grammar and specific field of study will beadministered to participants. Furthermore, the collected data will be analyzedstatistically, portrayed into charts, and discussed with existed theories. The result ofthe research showed that all strategies (Newmark, 1988) were applied by students.However, the most dominant strategies used were recognized translation,transference, functional equivalent, synonymy, and shifts. Similar to the analysis onthe EFL students? dilemma in translation, students experienced five dilemmas suchas facing difficulty to choose best strategy to translate, owning limited vocabulary,getting difficult in matching SL and TL grammar, lacking of culture understanding,and being unable to know the translation of specific term in different field. Thelowest frequency of students? acknowledgement on the dilemma was about theunderstanding on TL culture.Keywords: Translation; EFL learners; dilemma; Indonesia

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jeltis

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

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Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature Studies (JELTIS) publishes academic articles that recognize successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The journal invites ...