Students’ Perception on the Problem in Translating Humor Text

Abstract

Humor text is one of the texts that are translated from English into Indonesian context. However, translating humor is not easy as it is influence by various factors. This study aims to find out the students' perception on the problem in translating humor text. It is a descriptive research that describes the perception of students' problems in translating humor text. Data were collected through questionnaires distribution. In analyzing the data, the researchers calculated the perception by using Likert scale. The result of this study showed that the students had perception related to the translation problems in translating humor text. There are several students' perception of the problems in translating humor text such as experience in translating humor text, knowing translation risk, the tools in translating text, the time needed to translate, the way of translating text, the level of difficulty in translating text, and the source of difficulty in translating text.