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Abstract

This study examines the translation strategies employed by Musixmatch in translating the lyrics of The Satanist by Behemoth from English into Indonesian. Using a qualitative descriptive case study approach, the research analyzes nine translated songs through the theoretical frameworks of Peter Newmark and Vinay and Darbelnet, while also incorporating contemporary perspectives from digital translation studies, machine translation, and ideological translation. The findings indicate that Musixmatch predominantly applies literal translation strategies in transferring religious terminology, symbolic expressions, and intertextual references. Although this approach enables rapid semantic transfer and general comprehension, it frequently results in the reduction of aesthetic, liturgical, symbolic, and ideological dimensions embedded in the source text. Several translations demonstrate semantic distortion, liturgical mistranslation, and pragmatic loss, particularly in phrases containing Latin religious formulas, biblical references, and anti-religious symbolism. The study also finds that many translation shifts are more closely related to linguistic and technical limitations than deliberate ideological adaptation or cultural censorship. Furthermore, the findings support recent studies in digital translation ecology and machine translation which argue that technology-based translation systems often struggle to preserve symbolic complexity, poetic nuance, and cultural context in multimodal texts such as song lyrics. This study concludes that translating extreme music lyrics requires not only lexical equivalence, but also interpretative sensitivity toward symbolism, ideology, pragmatics, and intertextuality. Therefore, the research contributes to contemporary translation studies by highlighting the limitations and challenges of digital lyric translation in culturally and ideologically sensitive texts

Bahasa Abstract

Penelitian ini mengkaji strategi penerjemahan yang digunakan oleh Musixmatch dalam menerjemahkan lirik lagu album The Satanist karya Behemoth dari bahasa Inggris ke dalam bahasa Indonesia. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan desain studi kasus melalui analisis terhadap sembilan lagu berdasarkan teori penerjemahan Peter Newmark serta Vinay dan Darbelnet, yang dipadukan dengan perspektif mutakhir mengenai penerjemahan digital, machine translation, dan ideological translation studies. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Musixmatch cenderung menggunakan strategi penerjemahan literal dalam mengalihkan istilah religius, ekspresi simbolik, dan referensi intertekstual. Meskipun pendekatan tersebut memungkinkan transfer makna dasar dilakukan secara cepat dan mudah dipahami, penerjemahan yang dihasilkan sering kali menyebabkan reduksi dimensi estetika, liturgis, simbolik, dan ideologis dalam teks sumber. Beberapa data menunjukkan adanya distorsi semantik, mistranslation liturgis, dan kehilangan fungsi pragmatik, terutama pada frasa yang mengandung formula Latin religius, referensi Biblikal, dan simbolisme anti-religius. Penelitian ini juga menemukan bahwa sebagian besar pergeseran makna lebih berkaitan dengan keterbatasan linguistik dan teknis dibandingkan bentuk adaptasi ideologis atau sensor budaya yang disengaja. Temuan penelitian ini memperkuat kajian kontemporer mengenai digital translation ecology dan machine translation yang menunjukkan bahwa sistem penerjemahan berbasis teknologi masih mengalami kesulitan dalam mempertahankan kompleksitas simbolik, nuansa puitik, dan konteks budaya dalam teks multimodal seperti lirik lagu. Dengan demikian, penerjemahan lirik musik ekstrem memerlukan sensitivitas interpretatif terhadap simbolisme, ideologi, pragmatik, dan intertekstualitas, tidak sekadar kesepadanan leksikal semata.

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