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This study discusses about Needs ,\nal)$IS of English Department Students III Translating Text for Completing The Final Project at State Polytechnic of Padang. The purpose (If this research spccllil'ally is III lind out what arc the needs related to the students difficulties \\ hCII they arc translating text. The research design is qualitative approach-based descnpuv c method. It is used to know what the needs, the wants, ami the lack of student .. III translating text for completing their final project. The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews. and observations. The collected datn were onnlyzcd descriptively, The research procedures lire preparing the instrument. trymg out the instrument, analyzing the instrument validity and reliability. collccung the data by distributing questionnaires. conducting interviews ami ohscrvation, evaluating the data, and making the learning material drat1 from the d.lIa The vocabulary. reading comprchcnsrou. grammar. and writing arc the students di f1ieulties in translating a text. 1\,to~1or them gel di Illcultics to translate the text because of their vocabulary which makes them difficult to pUI a good translation into a writing, TI,e vocabulary skills deals with the word meaning, word equivalence, word choices and spelling matters. It can be assumed that the lecturers have 10 improve the students" vocabulary skills. In order to function cllccuvely in expected field of work, the students need 10 be familiar with the specific IL.'1111S in S"IllC content area, All the grammar eomponct in English should be mastered hy the students. As a translator. students need to understand Dahas:! Indonesia grauun.rr and update the new vocabularies and Ejaan yallg Disempursutkan, '1he irunsl.uron upplicauen 100is nnglu IIn'lI h' he learned by the students. So the kuowlcdgcablc. skillfu]] and handy person I~ needed 10 be agood translator