Quality Assessment on the Translation of Professional Translators
Rudy Sofyan(*), Bahagia Tarigan
Universitas Sumatera Utara
Abstract
This study aims at finding out the accuracy of applying the function-based TQA model in assessing the translation quality. This is a descriptive study taking 15 professional translators as the participants who were asked to translate a news item text from English into bahasa Indonesia. The data were collected using a Translog and were analyzed using a content analysis method. The results of data analysis indicate that the function-based TQA model is accurate in assessing the translation quality of professional translators. The results imply the possibility of reducing subjectivity and relativity in TQA. In addition, the results suggest further comprehensive and systematic study on how the function-based TQA model can reduce such problems in TQA.
Keywords: Accuracy; Function-based TQA; Professional translators; Translation quality
Topic: Language