Institusion
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Author
Rizka, Machiafelinda
Erwin, Pohan
Dewi, Murni
Subject
418.02 Translating and Interpreting/Penerjemahan dan Penafsiran Bahasa
Datestamp
2021-07-28 06:12:36
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to find out the difficulties that faced by sixth
semester students of English Education Study Program at Universitas Maritim
Raja Ali Haji Tanjungpinang in translating analytical exposition text. The method
that used is descriptive method with quantitative approach. This study was
conducted in Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji. The population of this study was
the sixth semester students of English Education Study Program at Universitas
Maritim Raja Ali Haji Tanjungpinang. The total number of the population was 87
students. The researcher chose D01 class as a sample by using purposive
sampling technique. The total sample was 20 students. The instruments of this
study were the translation test and the questionnaire that consisted of 22
items.This study found that the students faced the difficulties in translating
exposition text. Based on the result, the mean score was still low. The mean score
of the translation test was 6.6. The biggest difficulty was linguistic factor, the
highest percentage of this factor was 95%. Beside the linguistic factor, the highest
percentage of linguistic factor was 80%.