Readability of Students' Translation in Translating Legal Document from English to Indonesian
HANA KHAIRUNNISA, NIM 2130104026. Thesis Title: “READABILITY OF STUDENTS' TRANSLATION IN TRANSLATING LEGAL DOCUMENT FROM ENGLISH TO INDONESIAN” English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Mahmud Yunus State Islamic University Batusangkar. The issue addressed in this study is the low readability of students’ translated texts, especially legal documents. Many students are still unaware of how to produce translations that are easy to read and understand in the target language. As a result, numerous translated texts are difficult to follow and fail to meet the linguistic and cultural norms of the Indonesian language. The purpose of this study is to identify and describe the readability level of students' translations of legal documents in the Translation for Specific Purposes course at the English Education Department of UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar in the academic year 2023/2024. This research used a qualitative approach with content analysis as the method. The primary instrument of this study was the researcher herself, and the main data source was students’ documents. The data were taken from the final exam of the Translation for Specific Purposes course, consisting of eight student-translated legal documents. The data were analyzed using the readability assessment framework developed by Nababan et al., which categorizes translations into three levels: readable, less readable, and unreadable. The results of the analysis showed that out of eight translated legal documents, only one document was categorized as readable, five were considered less readable, and two were found to be unreadable. These results indicate that most students have not yet mastered how to produce translations with high readability. Many of their translations were still influenced by complex sentence structures, inappropriate legal terminology, awkward grammar, and improper punctuation. Even though some parts of the translations appeared natural, they still used terms and expressions that were hard to comprehend for the target readers