Abstract:
The study deal with the Students’ Performance on Translating A Report Text.
This study attempts to answer the two formulation of the problems, namely: (1)
What the translation method is done by the students in translating a report text,
and (2) How the translation method is realized by students in translating a report
text. This study applied a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data. The
sources of data obtained from students’ translation a report text by forth semester
students of English education. The study used the theory of translation method by
Newmark (in Ordudari 2011). Later the technique of analyzing the data started
from data reduction after that data display and the last conclusion drawing. The
result shown in the students’ performance especially in the translation method
aspect by forth semester students found several translation method: 2 faithful
translation, 3 semantic translation, and 9 communicative translation
