This study is aimed to find out the errors made by the second grade students in translating past tense (narrative text). Based on the purpose, the writer intends to answer these questions (1) What mistakes were usually made by 2nd grade students at Bina Bangsa Computer Cilegon in translating past tenses, especially in narrative texts “Malin Kundang”? (2) Why did the students make the errors in translating past tenses of narrative texts “Malin Kundang” from English into Indonesian?. In doing this study the writer uses qualitative method. He analyzes each students’ answer from their answer sheet to find out the kinds of error the students do most. Population of the research are sixs students of second grade at SMA Bina Bangsa Cilegon. The result of the research shows that the students mostly did not have good capability in translating narrative text. The higher of error frequency showes in translating past tenses patern. Those errors are caused by their lack of English vocabulary knowledge, over generalization the form of word, the influence of their native language or inter language transfer. Based on the finding previously it can be suggest that (1) the teacher should explain the good way in learning English, not only in grammatical term but also in translation it. (2) the teacher has to be creative in teaching English translation, so it makes the students interst to study more. (3) the teacher ough to motivate the students to be more active in learning English, transating English text in to indonesian. (4) the students are better to get familiar with dictionary and get the correct use of word.

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