The Application of Translation Procedures in Translating Five Public Signs in Ubud

Abstract

This study analyzes five public signs in English found in the area of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The purposes of this research are to identify the grammatical errors in the process of translating the information conveyed on these five public signs and to understand the translation procedures applied in the translation process. The first finding of this study is that grammatical errors are found on the first, second and fifth public signs. Meanwhile, the second finding of this study is four translation procedures are applied, which are Modulation, Transposition, Literal Translation and Calque. Another interesting finding, which can be found in this research, is the fact that the application of these translation procedures plays a very crucial role in determining the quality of the translation product as well as in contributing the occurrence of the grammatical errors.