THE ROLE OF TRANSLATION SKILL IN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ POTENCY: A CASE STUDY IN ENGLISH DEPARTENT, MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

Anam Sutopo(1*)

(1) Department of English Education Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The study of translation concerns with meaning and transferring the message
from source language to target language. Translation is also regarded as a science,
a skill and an art. This study aims at identifying the role of translation skill for
developing the English department students’ potency. This study applies a qualitative research. It takes location in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The
sources of data are informant, event and document. The collected data are taken
from an open-questionnaire, in depth interviewing, observation and content analysis. To analyze the collected data, the writer uses an interactive analysis. The result
of the research shows that there are five roles of translation skill for developing
English department students’ potency. They are academic, practical, commercial,
psychological, and social roles.

Keywords: translation, skill, and english department students

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