Gothic Terms and Their Indonesian Translation Methods in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”

Abstract

Gothic terms in the short story “The Masque of the Red Death,” which was translated into “Setan Merah” by Edgar Allan Poe, are crucial to examine to understand how the translator rendered these terms into Indonesian. This is because these Gothic terms carry elements of the supernatural, terror, mysticism, horror, dread, and apparitions. Short stories containing Gothic elements were commonly found in the 18th and 19th centuries. This research aims to analyze the Gothic terms and translation methods present in the short story “The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe translated by Maggie Tiojakin into Setan Merah, published by Gramedia Pustaka in the book Kisah-Kisah Tengah Malam (Midnight Tales). The research method employed is descriptive qualitative. The data were analyzed qualitatively using the theories of Cherry (2009) for gothic terms and Harvey and Higgins (2002) for translation methods. The results of the data analysis show that the Gothic terms found in the short story Setan Merah are in the form of adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs. Furthermore, the translation methods used by the translator are exotism, calque, and communicative translation. Gothic terms in the form of adjectives are the most frequently found. Meanwhile, the most prevalent method used is communicative translation. In conclusion, the translation of the short story Setan Merah contains numerous Gothic terms that support the narrative and are translated into communicative language, resulting in a translation with accurate meaning corresponding to the source text.