AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION QUALITY AND TECHNIQUES OF NOUN PHRASES ON BCA BANK FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

This descriptive qualitative study aims to discuss the translation quality and
translation techniques of noun phrases on BCA Bank financial statements. The
translation technique adopted Molina & Albir theory (2002), and the translation
quality adopted Nababan’s assessment model. The results of this study are that the
noun phrase constructions found in BCA Bank financial statements have 5 types,
namely: (1) article + Premodification + core word; (2) article + Premodification +
core word + prepositional phrase; (3) article + Premodification + core word +
relative clause; (4) article + Premodification + core word + non-finite clause; and
(5) uncategorized. This study found 5 translation techniques: establish equivalence,
literal translation, reduction, borrowing, and amplification. Established equivalent
is the most commonly used translation technique. In the event translation quality,
accuracy aspect is 2.52 and acceptabilty is 2.65. This score showed that the
translation results were judged to be relatively accurate and acceptable