摘要：The study of translation concerns with meaning and transferring the message from source language to target language. Translation is also regarded as a science, a skill and an art. This study aims at identifying the role of translation skill for developing the English department students’ potency. This study applies a qualitative research. It takes location in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The sources of data are informant,event and document. The collected data are taken from an open-questionnaire,in depth interviewing,observation and content analysis. To analyze the collected data,the writer uses an interactive analysis. The result of the research shows that there are five roles of translation skill for developing English department students’ potency. They are academic,practical,commercial, psychological,and social roles..
其他摘要：Penelitian penerjemahan membahas makna dan pengalihan pesan dari bahasa sumber ke bahasa sasaran. Penerjemahan dapat dianggap sebagai ilmu,keahlian dan seni. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi peran kemampuan menerjemahkan untuk mengembangkan
关键词：translation;skill;and english department students
