ERRORS ANALYSIS OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE IN TRANSLATING INDONESIAN TEXTS INTO ENGLISH TEXTS BY THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD – SMP SATAP 2 SEKOTONGWEST LOMBOK

Abstract

This research is inspirited by the inaccuracy of the translation produced by Google Translate. The purpose of this research is to find out the errors are made by the Google Translate and types of errors by the Google Translate errors in translating Indonesian text into English by eighth graders at SD-SMP Satap 2 Sekotong West Lombok. The type of research conducted was descriptive qualitative research. The data collection technique used instrument test and documentation. Data analysis techniques used data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The subjects in the study were students to be tested and then the researcher identifies the translation results produced by the Google Translate machine. As a result of this study, the researcher found that there were three error made by Google Translate in translating Indonesian text into English texts, namely; omission, addition and misformation. So it can be concluded that, there are errors made by Google translate machine. And there are types of Google Translate errors in translating Indonesian text into English texts.