TRANSLATIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN CAPITALIST IDENTITY THROUGH RELIGIOUS TEXTS: CASE OF “DON’T FORGET THE SABBATH” AND “INGAT HARI SABAT”

This article investigates the construction of American capitalist identity by translating religious texts. Based on American Studies interdisciplinary method, the paper examines Crosby’s “Don’t Forget the Sabbath” and its Indonesian translation “Ingat Hari Sabat”. The focus of the study is to explore how and why the translation of the song lyric constructs American capitalist identity. The research is based on transnational American studies, poststructuralism, and Kristeva’s notions of revolt and nihilism. Schmidt’s model for conceptual metaphor (CM) translation and Kövecses’ notion of concept... Mehr ...