This study aims to analyze the translation of the meaning and aesthetics of the subtitles of the drama When We Were Young (???????) aired on the YouTube channel WeTV Indonesia, as well as discuss the translation of this drama as a literary work. The main focus of this study is to understand how the translator overcame linguistic and cultural challenges in translating the dialog-drama which is full of Chinese idioms and cultural expressions into Indonesian. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study design to analyze the subtitle texts. The data used are purposively selected drama subtitles from several episodes that contain idiomatic and metaphorical elements. Literary translation theories, such as equivalence theory by Nida (1964), domestication vs. foreignization theory by Venuti (1995), and audiovisual translation theory by Gottlieb (1994), are applied in this analysis to explore how translators balance between fidelity to the source text and the limitations of subtitle space. The study found that translators often adopt a domestication approach to ease the understanding of Indonesian audiences, while still trying to maintain the original aesthetics and cultural nuances of the source text. The findings make an important contribution to the study of literary translation, especially in the context of audiovisual translation which requires attention to linguistic and cultural aspects simultaneously.

Drama can be said to be a realistic depiction of a character's life. Culture itself is the customs, traditions and beliefs that exist in society so that culture is always present in drama. Life values ??also do not escape drama elements, one of which is in the drama ????? (t?ut?u cáng bù zhù). This research aims to describe the cultural values ??contained in the drama ????? (t?ut?u cáng bù zhù) based on Edwar Djamaris' theory, and describe the cultural symbols contained in the drama ????? (t?ut?u cáng bù zhù) using theory Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotics in two sides, namely signs and objects. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research using note-taking techniques. Data collection uses note-taking techniques and the results of previous research, journals, books and other documents regarding cultural values. Data analysis techniques use data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions. The result is that there are five cultural values ??contained in the drama ????? (t?ut?u cáng bù zhù) based on the theory of cultural values ??by Edwar Djamaris, namely the cultural value of human relationship with God, the cultural value of human relationship with society, the cultural value of human relationship with self. itself, the cultural value of human relations with humans, and the cultural value of human relations with nature. Researchers also found six cultural symbols contained in the drama ????? (t?ut?u cáng bù zhù) based on semiotic theory by Charles Sanders Pierce, namely red ornaments, lanterns, paper sticks, red packets, Chinese knots, and the writing ?.