POSTCOLONIAL TRANSLATION STUDIES: FOREIGNIZATION AND DOMESTICATION OF CULTURE-SPECIFIC ITEMS IN OF MICE AND MEN’S INDONESIAN TRANSLATED VERSIONS

Resistance to Western Culture can be seen through translator’s strategy of translating novels. This research aims analyze the translation culture-specific items in Indonesian translated versions Of Mice and Men, originally written by John Steinbeck. The selected belong work Pramoedya Ananta Toer (2003) Ariyantri E. Tarman (2017). translations are analyzed under Transnational American Studies paradigm find out dominant principle applied both results discussed from perspective postcolonial studies. From data, it is found that domestication more than foreignization strategy. Analyzed studies, tendency use novels show efforts target culture fight against as source culture. Although Men mostly apply principle, recent version (T2) shows an increase which English loanwords frequently used. a studies’ perspective, concluded culture; however, signs cultural imperialism, especially linguistic have grown years.