The Analysis of Translation Quality and Technique of International Language Institute of Universitas Indonesia

The purpose of this research is to describe the quality and translation techniques of three different types of text, namely the sale and purchase agreement letter, the profile booklet of Madiun City, and the short story of „Banyuwangi‟. This research is a qualitative descriptive case study. The design of this research includes: (a) collecting the translation data, (b) assessing the quality of the translations by the rater, (c) analyzing the translations and the quality assessments by the researcher, and (d) drawing conclusions. The subjects of this research are translators from LBI UI. The data sources of this research are the original and translation texts of short story, booklet, agreement letter, and raters that filled the translation quality assessments. The instruments of this research are assessment rubrics and content analysis. The results of the research show that: (1) The translation of the sale and purchase agreement letter is accurate with 98.1% of data included in the accurate category and almost perfect translation category, while the translation techniques used to translate 8 cultural terms are pure borrowing, description, and established equivalent. (2) The translation of the city profile booklet is acceptable with 97.19% of data included in the acceptable category and almost perfect translation category, while the translation techniques used to translate 38 cultural terms are pure borrowing, description, calque, established equivalent, adaptation, and natural borrowing. (3) The translation of the short story is readable with 97.39% of data included in the high readability category and almost perfect translation category, while the translation techniques used to translate 7 cultural terms are pure borrowing, adaptation, compensation, particularization, and generalization. (4) All cultural terms translated with the following translation techniques above get high scores on all translation quality parameters. Keywords: Translation Quality, Translation Techniques, Sale and Purchase Agreement Letter, Booklet, and Short Stor