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ABSTRACT Siti Nurhaliza, 2313.067. Students’ Ability in Translating Word Equivalence From Indonesian into English Texts by the Fifth Semester Students of English Education Department of State Islamic Institute of Bukittinggi in Academic Year 2017/2018. A Thesis, State Islamic Institute of Bukittinggi. The research was done because the researcher found several problems which were faced by the fifth semester students of English Education Department in translating Indonesian into English texts based on word equivalence. Based on the students’ exercises in the preliminary research, the researcher found that some students did not comprehend word equivalence and failed in translating from Indonesian into English texts. It was because the students considered that word equivalence is only about finding the synonym of word without comprehending whether that word meaning is suitable with the text. Because of this phenomenon, the researcher conducted the research in order to know about the description of students’ ability in translating word equivalence from Indonesian into English texts by the fifth semester students of English Education Department at IAIN Bukittinggi 2017/2018. The design of this research was descriptive quantitative. The respondents of the research were the fifth semester students in IAIN Bukittinggi 2017/2018. The researcher used random sampling by taking 20% from all classes as the sample. Thus, the researcher took 24 students as the sample which consist of 6 students from each classes: A, B, C, and D, while technique of data collection was the translation test which consisted of 5 Indonesian texts to be translated into English. The finding revealed that the students’ ability in translating word equivalence were categorized into fair level in term of accuracy. There were 13 students with the percentage 54% who were categorized into fair level. Meanwhile, the students’ ability in translating word equivalence were also categorized into fair level based on the criteria of acceptability. There were 11 students with the percentage 46% who were categorized into fair level. Hence, based on the percentage of students ability in translating word equivalence from Indonesian into English texts, they were in fair level for both criteria of accuracy and acceptability. Key Words: Translation, Word Equivalence ABSTRAK Siti Nurhaliza, 2313.067. “Kemampuan Mahasiswa dalam menterjemah Padanan Kata dari Teks Bahasa Indonesia ke Bahasa Inggris oleh Mahasiswa Semester V Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di IAIN Bukittinggi Tahun Ajaran 2017/2018” Skripsi, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bukittinggi. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh masalah yang di hadapi oleh mahasiswa bahasa Inggris ketika menterjemah word equivalence dari bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Inggris. Berdasarkan hasil latihan mahasiswa pada penelitian awal, peneliti menemukan masalah dimana beberapa mahasiswa tidak memahami word equivalence dan tidak berhasil dalam menterjemah dari bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Inggris. Hal itu karena siswa menganggap bahwa word equivalence hanya untuk menemukan sinonim kata tersebut tanpa memahami apakah arti kata itu sesuai dengan isi teks. Berdasarkan fenomena tersebut, peneliti melakukan penelitian guna mengetahui kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menterjemah word equivalence dari bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Inggris oleh mahasiswa semester lima jurusan pendidikan bahasa Inggris di IAIN Bukkittinggi 2017/2018. Bentuk penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Responden dari penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa semester lima IAIN Bukittinggi 2017/2018. Peneliti menggunakan sampel acak dengan mengambil 20% dari seluruh kelas sebagai sampel penelitian. Sampel terdiri dari 6 orang perkelas dengan jumlah seluruh sampel adalah 24 orang dari kelas A, B, C, dan D, sementara itu, teknik pengumpulan data melalui test menterjemah dari bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Inggris yang terdiri dari 5 teks. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan siswa dalam menterjemah padanan kata dikategorikan kedalam level sedang berdasarkan kriteria keakuratan. Ada 13 orang mahasiswa dengan persentase 54% tergolong dalam level sedang. Sedangkan, kemampuan siswa dalam menterjemah kesetaraan kata juga dikategorikan kedalam level sedang berdasarkan kriteria keberterimaan. Ada 11 orang mahasiswa dengan persentase 46% tergolong kedalam level sedang. Jadi, berdasarkan persentase kemampuan siswa dalam menterjemah kesetaraan kata dari teks bahasa Indonesia ke dalam bahasa Inggris dapat dikategorikan ke dalam level sedang untuk kriteria keakuratan dan keberterimaan. Kata Kunci: Terjemah, Padanan Kata