The Dynamics of Japanese Literature Translation in Indonesia ：Focused on Publishers, Translators, and Readers

Abstract

This is illustrated by the establishment between 2012 and 2020 of publishers who specialize in Asian literature, and also those who specialize in Japanese literature in Indonesia. In addition, after the 2010s the relationship between publishers, translators, and readers became closer and more accessible with the help of social media.The dynamics of the situation which led to the Indonesian translation of Japanese literature are inseparable from the social and cultural relationships between Indonesia and Japan, especially the reproduction and consumption of Japanese popular culture in Indonesia.

Applying Knowledge Mapping Techniques to Enhance Contextual Understanding and Accurate Correspondence in Translating Metaphorical Information in Japanese Literature

“…Japanese language literature has a distinctive tendency toward cultural expression, and the cultural characteristics of the Japanese language need to be taken as the basis when correctly recognizing the language art manifested in Japanese language literature [7][8]. Taking the cross-cultural perspective as an orientation, by integrating the linguistic laws of Japanese with the creation of Japanese literature, we can comprehend the linguistic phenomena manifested and expressed in Japanese literature with unique linguistic art styles and diversified cultural concepts and cognitive perspectives so as to vividly decipher the laws of the creation of Japanese literature [9][10].…”