摘要：keyword: EQUIVALENT, ARTICLE, SIDNEY SHELDON, NOVEL,MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHTABSTRACT :Sometimes, there are many problems that the translators face about the Equivalents of English Articles a/an and the into Indonesian. This study was conducted to answer the question: What are the equivalents English articlesa/an, and the into Indonesian? The aim of the study are to find out theequivalents of English articles a/an, and the into Indonesian. The source of thedata is Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon and its translated version,Padang Bayang Kelabu by Drs. Budijanto T. Pramono. This research uses aqualitative method. The writer collecting the data, identified, classified the dataconcerning with the translation of English articles a/an and the. Then, the writercalculated and categorized the translation of English articles a/an and the. Theresult of the research shows that there are two categories of translating articlesa/an and the, namely translated and untranslated (nil translation or zero). Articles a can be translated into sebuah, seorang, sebilah, suatu, and nil translation or zero. Articles an can be translated into suatu and nil translation or zero. Articles the can be translated into sang, sebuah, saat itu, itu, -nya, yang, para, and nil translation or zero.
