The Analysis of Google Translate Accuracy in Translating Procedural and Narrative Text

Abstract

Translation is an activity to interpret a text from one language to another language without changing the content of the translated text. The objectives this research is: (1) to find out the accuracy of Google Translate in translating Procedural Text and Narrative Text and (2) to investigate which of the two text is translated more accurately comparing to the other text. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. There was one text for each text type, that is procedure text entitled “How to Make Special Fried Sandwich” wad divided into 31 sentences, and narrative text entitled “Surabaya” was divided into 20 sentences. The data using the accuracy rating assessment which consist of three categories that is accurate, less accurate, and not accurate. The researcher took three raters in evaluating the output of Google Translate. The result shows that the accuracy of Google translate in translating procedure text is accurate with average value of 79.57%, less accurate is 24.19%, and not accurate is 12.9%. And narrative text is accurate with average value of 86%, less accurate is 12.5%, and not accurate is 1.5%. It can be concluded that Google translate is more accurate in translating narrative text with 86%, whereas the procedure text is 79.57%.

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“…For example, Google Translate may not always accurately translate idiomatic expressions or colloquialisms, which can lead to misunderstandings. Idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms are phrases or expressions that are unique to a particular language or culture and cannot be translated literally (Sumiati, Baharuddin, & Saputra, 2022). For example, the English expression "it's raining cats and dogs" means that it is raining heavily, but the literal translation of this expression in another language may not make sense.…”

Post-Editing a Google Translated Output: Experienced Translators vs. Trainees

“…Bowker and Ehgoetz (2007) worked on an empirical study on evaluation of GT texts pointing that google translated textsif left unedited-do not meet the standards of acceptability, accuracy and readability. The study conducted by Sumiati et al (2022) showed that accuracy of google translated texts cannot exceed 80 % in procedural and technical texts.…”

An Analysis of the Process of Translating Recount Texts by Using Google Translation Machine

“…Each student might use the tool differently. The previous study stated that the precision of Google Translate in translating procedural and narrative content text shows a high result (Sumiati et al, 2022). It could be because of how well they know English, how good they are with computers or phones, and how well they tell their stories.…”

“…They claimed it benefits them when doing the self-learning assisted by the tool (Herlina et al, 2019). When converting procedural and narrative text, the precision of Google Translate is identified to be 79.57% and 86%, which means it is in high regard among students (Sumiati et al, 2022).…”