SYNTACTIC STRATEGIES OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE AND ITS QUALITY IN TRANSLATING A JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH

M. YAMANY, MZ (2023) SYNTACTIC STRATEGIES OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE AND ITS QUALITY IN TRANSLATING A JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH. S2 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

The prevalent use of Google Translate as a tool for academic translations, despite concerns regarding its quality, frames the core issue of this research. This research aims to classify and find out the most frequently syntactic strategies used by Google Translate in translating from Indonesia to English. It also aims to analyze the quality of the translation produced. A theory from Chesterman was used to classify syntactic strategies and Nababan’s translation assessments were used to identify the quality of translation. The data were collected from a journal aricle entitled “Pengaruh Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris sebagai Bahasa Pengantar dalam Pendidikan Formal” which were presented using mixed method. The findings of this research reveal there are several types of different syntactic strategies used by Google Translate. The result of this research shows that, out of 273 data collected, there are 123 (45.05%) data of literal translation, 2 (0.73%) data of loan and calque, 53 (19.41%) of transposition, 17 (6.23%) data of unit shift, 45 (16.48%) data of phrase structure change, 1 (0.37%) data of clause structure change, 18 (6.59%) data of sentence structure change, 1 (0.37%) data of cohesion change, 13 (4.76%) data of level shift, and no data found for scheme change . In addition, there are several different classifications found for translation quality. Out of 194 data analyzed, the results show that 163 (84.02%) data are accurate, 30 (15.46%) data are less accurate, and 1 (0.52%) data is not accurate. For acceptability, there are 179 (92.27%) acceptable, 14 (7.22%) data are less accurate, and 2 (1.03%) data are not acceptable. Finally, there are 180 (92.78%) data of high readability, 15 (7.73%) data of medium readability, and no data found for low readability. In conclusion, this research underscores the prevalent use and effectiveness of Google Translate in academic translations from Indonesian to English, revealing a predominance of literal translation strategies and a high level of accuracy, acceptability, and readability in its output.

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Keywords (Kata Kunci):	Google Translate, Syntactic Strategies, Translation Quality
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Pascasarjana
Depositing User:	Meike Megawati
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2023 06:53
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2023 06:53
URI:	http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/43802

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