Abstract

This research aims to find the kinds of translation error made in writing abstract of theses and dissertations. This research used descriptive quantitative method to analyze and expose the errors of abstracts of theses and dissertations. The data of this research was the abstracts of theses and dissertations of universities in Makassar. It took 61 abstracts of theses and dissertations from different universities. The abstracts is analyzed by using error analysis technique. The result of this research concluded that the abstracts are found various errors. Errors in the kinds of translation were Omission – Deviation – Modification – Addition - and the least is Inversion. The result of this research provides a new information about translation to the students especially to non-English students, and motivate them to translate the abstract well.

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  • IntroductionThe researcher normally refers to listening, speaking, reading, and writing

  • Talking about language skill, the researcher normally refers to listening, speaking, reading, and writing

  • This research aims to find the kinds of translation error made in writing abstract of theses and dissertations consisting of inversion, addition, omission, deviation, and modification

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Introduction

The researcher normally refers to listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is another skill in learning foreign language that is very important, and cannot be neglected, namely translation. Translation is a bridge of communication among different people with different language and culture. Communication can be the daily communication or communication in certain purposes such as educational communication, political communication, or trading communication. In regards to this statement, Jumpelt asserts that the twentieth century is the age of translation (Mehta, 2010).

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