Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text

Rosyidah; M. Kharis; Lilis Afifah

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Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text

Rosyidah, M. Kharis, Lilis Afifah

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 5, Issue 1)

Received: 11 January 2017 Accepted: 24 January 2017 Published: 22 February 2017

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The study is to describe the results of back-translation test on the students’ translation. The students are those of German Dept., Faculty of Letters, in the State University of Malang. The assessment is on the meaning and form equivalence. The method used is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The research includes the analysis and the repeated readings on the data sources, data classification, data analysis, peer group discussion, revision, and conclusion drawing. The data sources are the students’ translation on a short story, Das Brot. The data were collected by reading and recording. The analysis was done by comparison method. The result of the analysis shows that most of the students’ work have been equivalent to its source text. The unequal realization identified is due to improper lexicon selection and transposition.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 5, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14
Page(s)	25-28
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Assessment Technique, Back-Translation, Literary Text

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Rosyidah, M. Kharis, Lilis Afifah. (2017). Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 5(1), 25-28. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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Rosyidah; M. Kharis; Lilis Afifah. Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2017, 5(1), 25-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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Rosyidah, M. Kharis, Lilis Afifah. Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. Int J Lang Linguist. 2017;5(1):25-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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Rosyidah

German Department, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
M. Kharis

German Department, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
Lilis Afifah

German Department, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia

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Rosyidah, M. Kharis, Lilis Afifah. (2017). Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 5(1), 25-28. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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Rosyidah; M. Kharis; Lilis Afifah. Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2017, 5(1), 25-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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Rosyidah, M. Kharis, Lilis Afifah. Back-Translation Technique to Assess the Students’ Translation of Literary Text. Int J Lang Linguist. 2017;5(1):25-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20170501.14

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