JELL (Journal of English Language and Literature) STIBA-IEC Jakarta
Vol 8 No 02 (2023): JELL STIBA IEC

Analyzing Translation Errors in Indonesian-English Business Letters

Aldha Williyan (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada, Cirebon)
Umar - Umar (STIT Buntet Pesantren Cirebon)
Vica Via Vanesa (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada, Cirebon)
Ai Nurul Aini (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada, Cirebon)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2023

Abstract

This paper discussed the translation error from a business letter made based on American Translation Association (ATA's) made by EFL Learners'. In this research, the researchers used a descriptive qualitative method. The data source in this research is two EFL Learners' who are in translation class with better English skills than other data. Data collection in this study was carried out by taking two data from a total of 36 business letter translating task data given by translation class lecturers. The data is classified based on the type of error according to ATA's Framework for Standard Error Making Classification. The results of the analysis show that there are 18 translation errors in 11 types of 26 types of translation errors with style error as the most frequently found error. Style error is the error that has the highest nominal by appearing five times out of 18 the number of errors with a percentage 27,8%. Finding errors from the two data proves that EFL Learners' who are studying translation studies still have deficiencies. Educators and students must work together so that translation errors produced by EFL Learners' can be reduced.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jell

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language and Literature (JELL) is a journal published by STIBA-IEC Jakarta. This journal is published two times a year (March and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or education, research, and Literature. The journal ...