PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN TRANSLATING INDONESIAN PROVERBS INTO ENGLISH

This study aims to find out the problems that the students encounter in translation Indonesian proverbs into English. Error analysis was used to analyze the data in this study. The result of the students’ translation considered as the primary data and the result of interview was as the secondary data. There were 50 Indonesian proverbs which consist of 10 Maxims, 10 Sayings, 10 Parable, 10 Idioms and 10 Slogan. Cultural problem was the most problems in translating Indonesian proverbs into English. The problem occurred because the students translated the proverbs literally and could not find the equivalence of the Indonesian proverbs in English. Therefore, it is suggested for the students to master grammatical and linguistic competence to overcome the translation problems.