Abstract:
The researcher tries to conduct a research about an error analysis of translation made by the eleventh grade student of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017. The purpose of this study are to know what kind of errors that students make, and to know the causes of making error made by the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo in Translating English to Indonesian on the recount text.In this study the researcher uses descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data. The researcher takes 30 students of the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo as the sample. In collecting data, the researcher uses an essay text to test the students ability in translating English text into bahasa Indonesia. Based on the data analysis. There are 51 or 59% omission errors made by the students, 15 or 18% Addition Errors, 8 or 9% Missordering Errors and 12 or 14% Misinformation Errors. The causes of error that make students produce errors in this research is reflect the general characteristics of rule learning such as faulty generalization, incomplete application of rules and failure to learn condition under which rules apply’. Students should study hard to understand the differences between Indonesian and English rule when they want to make sentences.
