CONFLICT OF IRISH CULTURAL IDENTITY IN BRIAN FRIEL’S TRANSLATION

Having been colonized by Britain, Ireland was in a very deprived condition for long period, especially poor Catholic Irish. Britain had destroyed Irish civil rights forcing them massive potato plantation merely to fulfill British people’s need food, which caused the great famine and poverty. Written an playwright 1980, is set agricultural land, northern side of Ireland, Brian Friel’s Translations illustrates clearly suffering villagers 19th century. By applying Homi K. Bhabha’s post-colonialism theory, dialogues from play are analyzed explain cultural identity conflict. This using descriptive qualitative method. The result analysis reflects mimicry concept Bhabha, it shows ambition that tradition must be vanished replaced tradition. Translation describe language tells lot Greek mythology with culture Standard English language. translations on local place names into forced sake imperialism importance Ordnance survey.