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INTRODUCTION
English is the most widely used language in the world. That fact makes
language, it is very important for everyone to learn it. People can communicate with
other people in the world with English. Also, to obtain information, people need to
learn English because the information is often written in English. That is why
In learning English, there are four skills that must be learned. Those skills are
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. To master those skills, the process of
translation is needed. Thats why the translation skill is important. The translation
skill is needed to understand what people say or write and to make people understand
from the source language to the target language. Translation is the replacement of
(Catford). Translating one kind of text can be different to translating another text.
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When we translate a text, we are not only replacing the words to the target language
One kind of text that is quite difficult to be translated and often causes
translator about the target language. The translator must understand the context and
cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words. It is linguistic and
The ability to translate the text from the source language into the target
language is important, including the ability to translate the idiom. This ability is not
only important for people who work as translators, but also for people who want to
become teachers of foreign languages. Because this ability is important to for people
who want to become language teacher, the translation subject is tought for one
interested to find out the ability of the students of English Department batch 2014
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
The objective of the study is to find out the ability of the students of English
idiom.
1. It is hoped the result of this study will help the students to know their ability
idiom. Also, it is expected that they can help their students to overcome their
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3. It is hoped that the result of this study will give contribution to educational
field. It is expected that the result of this study will help other researchers in
2. The objective of this research is only to find out the ability of the students of
English idiom.
1. Ability
2. Translation
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3. Idiom