Cultural Terms Translation in Japan-Indonesia Diplomacy Content on Social Media Instagram

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211129.018How to use a DOI?

Keywords

translation techniques; cultural terms; japan diplomacy; Instagram.

Abstract

On current era of digitalization information, the Japanese Embassy for Indonesia is developing its diplomacy by using several social media platforms including Instagram as a means of cultural diplomacy. Japan cultural diplomacy in social media Instagram carried out in two languages. The Japanese content is written along with the Indonesian through a translation process. This makes translation become a form of Japanese cultural diplomacy in social media. Related to the topic of this research, the translation of cultural diplomacy content on social media must be done in such a way that the translation results used in the content can support the cultural diplomacy function. The translation of cultural diplomacy content delivered through the Instagram platform allows the use of different translation techniques than with translation in other media. The problem studied in this study is about the technique of translating cultural terms on Japan Embassy for Indonesia’s social media Instagram content. The source of research data is in the form of content uploaded by the Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Kanasugi Kenji on Instagram social media in the early period of his tenure as the Japanese Ambassador for Indonesia from January 2021 to May 2021. Research data obtained by using the note method and analyzed using qualitative data analysis methods. From the results of the study, it was obtained an overview of the translation techniques used in translating cultural terms in Japanese-Indonesian diplomatic content on social media Instagram in its function as a means of conveying diplomacy in the digital world which is expected to provide evaluation material and input regarding translation technique in the diplomatic field and the digital world.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Asteria Permata Martawijaya
AU  - Syihabuddin
AU  - Dadang Sudana
AU  - Dedi Sutedi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/30
TI  - Cultural Terms Translation in Japan-Indonesia Diplomacy Content on Social Media Instagram
BT  - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 105
EP  - 113
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211129.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211129.018
ID  - Martawijaya2021
ER  -