subtitle translation
203688150
A Brief Analysis of Subtitle Translation of Documentary Wild China from the Perspective of Eco translatology
Based on the principle of truth, the documentary exchanges knowledge and conveys emotions. The documentary Wild China has received strong attention from domestic and foreign audiences since its launch on National Geographic. However, due to the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, most Chinese viewers need subtitle translation to have a better understanding of this documentary. Unlike the subtitle translation of films and TV plays, the content of the documentary has strong professionalism and knowledge. Thus, documentary subtitle translation requirements are also higher than those of films and TV plays. Meanwhile, it is necessary to discuss the subtitle translation of documentaries. Ecological translation was first proposed by Professor Hu Gengshen. In the past ten years, many remarkable research results have been achieved. Taking ecological translation as the theoretical support, this paper chooses the subtitle translation of the documentary Wild China (CCTV) as the research object, and combines the theoretical discussion and the case analysis to focus on the translator's "adaptation" and "selection" in the linguistic, cultural and communicative dimensions, thus verifying the guiding significance of eco translatology to the subtitle translation of the documentary and supplementing the theoretical research perspective of subtitle translation of the documentary.
Theory and Practice in Language Studies
Yang Zhou Rouqi Zhang
191983449
The Interactive Meanings in Subtitle Translation
As stated in Chap. 2, in addition to the representational meanings (analysed in Chap. 4) which focus on the semiotic interplay between visual images and subtitles in stills and the compositional meanings (examined in Chap. 5) which concentrate on the intermodal relations between images and subtitles presented in consecutive filmic units (such as scenes, sequences and generic stages) there is a third type of meaning in subtitle translation, namely interactive meanings, highlighting the interplay between subtitled films and viewers. This chapter presents the analysis of the interactive meanings in subtitling by referring to the data of the ten blockbusters: Finding Nemo, Mulan, Frozen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Toy Story, Inception, 2012, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, War Horse and Skyfall 007. They are all produced in the English language and subtitled in the Chinese language, enjoying great popularity in mainland China.
Yupin Chen
155858797
The Compositional Meanings in Subtitle Translation
As indicated in Chap. 4, the representational meanings focus on semiotic interplay in stills. The compositional meanings examined in this chapter stress how semiotic interplay in filmic units beyond stills exerts impacts on subtitle translation. Contending that the compositional meanings in subtitling are mainly transmitted through semiotic cohesion, this chapter commences with an introduction to semiotic cohesion and how it can be used to examine the compositional meanings in subtitle translation.
Yupin Chen
199870763
An Analysis of Subtitle Translation of Hello, Mr. Billionaire from the Perspective of Skopos Theory
As a significant medium of cross culture communication, film subtitle translation should be attached more importance to for the sake of better implementing Chinese Culture Going Global Strategy. Appropriate subtitle translation can accurately convey cultural connotations and facilitate cross cultural communication, while inappropriate subtitle translation may cause flavor loss or even lead to serious misunderstandings. Therefore, subtitle translation is of great importance. In order to improve subtitle translation in Chinese comedy and boost cultural communication in the world, this article makes an analysis of subtitle translation of Hello, Mr. Billionaire, a typical Chinese comedy gaining popularity and praise, from the perspective of skopos theory and provides suggestions for subtitle translation improvements.
Yucheng Sheng Xiaohui Gao Honglei Ma Yaorui Zhuang
203553327
TV Series Subtitle Translation Based on Skopos Theory
Subtitle translation has ever been dominated by the principles of "faithfulness" and "equivalence" and neither of them can convey the meaning of the original film dialogues very well. The main principle of Skopos Theory lays stress on the fact that result determines the whole translation behavior, making the target spectators understanding the dialogue the main goal of TV series subtitle translation. Taking Friends as an example, this paper conducts a study on the better ways of subtitle translation based on Skopos Theory.
US China Foreign Language
202357300
Subtitle Translation of Crazy Alien from the Perspective of the Hermeneutic Motion under Hermeneutics
The subtitles of the film Crazy Alien use new words, culture loaded words and the colloquial language which needed translations from Chinese English and English Chinese at the same time. Crazy Alien has grossed 2.2 billion at the box office, making it the fifteenth film in Chinese film history with a box office exceeding 2 billion. The subtitle translation plays an important role in the process of conveying the intention of the film to the Chinese and foreign audience. The translated version is easy for audience to understand and realizes the culture communication. This paper analyzes the subtitle translation of Crazy Alien from the perspective of the Hermeneutic motion under Hermeneutics in order to provide a new point of view for subtitle translation studies. The fourfold of Hermeneutic motion: "trust" "aggression" "incorporation" and "restitution" have practical instruction significance in the process of the subtitle translation of Crazy Alien.
Yu-shan Zhao Rui Chen Lijun Li
167013713
The Representational Meanings in Subtitle Translation
Drawing on the conceptual framework constructed and the detailed analytical methods set up in Chap. 3, this chapter examines the representational meanings in subtitle translation in ten films: Finding Nemo, Mulan, Frozen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Toy Story, Inception, 2012, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, War Horse and Skyfall 007. They are all produced in the English language and subtitled in the Chinese language, enjoying great box office in mainland China.
Yupin Chen
67768570
Audiovisual Translation:A Critical Review on Sino western Perspectives of Film Subtitle Translation
The paper argues the development of audiovisual translation (mainly focuses on the strand of film subtitle translation) in the West and China. Firstly, the paper discusses film translation from the perspective of the West and critically reviews the achievements produced by western researchers. Secondly, the paper analyzes film translation from Chinese perspective and outlines its change and development in Mainland China. Thirdly, some major issues exited in film translation such as cultural problems, technical issues and translation strategies are analyzed. And in the fourth part, the paper takes a unique Chinese film genre, Chinese martial arts/wuxia film (Zhong Guo Wu Xia Dian Ying as a specific case to analyze and then further discuss the studies of film translation in the context of Chinese culture. The potential underexplored areas of translating Chinese martial arts film are also identified. Lastly, the paper argues the audiovisual translation from an inter /multi disciplinary angle involving film study, social cultural study, multimodal analysis and relevant linguistic approaches and then points out the potential future trends in audiovisual translation studies. In short, there are three significances in the research. The first one is making a comparative analysis to development path of film translation between Western side and China's side. The second is arguing the translation of Chinese wuxia film from a diachronic perspective and identifying existed research gaps. The last is pointing out the potential research trends based on the latest research progress.
Junchen Zhang
56434536
A Study of Subtitle Translation from the Perspective of Skopos Theory: Youth Film as a Case Study
With the increasing influence of movies in the world, subtitle translation plays an indispensable role in appreciating them. Based on the theoretical framework of skopos theory, this article uses the subtitles of the film "Youth" and their translations as the corpus. The goal is to maximize the audience's understanding of the source film lines. It combines interpretation, abbreviation, supplementary and substitution methods together. The different functions of film lines are employed to study subtitle translation. Analyzing the function of movie lines not only helps to clarify the intended functions of the translation, but also provides ideas for subtitle translation.
Lyu Liangqiu Wang Donghui
150421322
The Subtitle Translation of Wolf Warriors From the Perspective of Multimodal Discourse Analysis
With the rapid advancement of multimedia technology, multimodal discourse analysis has gradually become one of the linguistic research hotspots and it integrates the modalities of other fields such as images, sounds, colors and so on to jointly present the complete meaning of the work. The film subtitles are different from traditional paper texts, and their translation is not only a simple text conversion, but also involves complex factors of the transformation of source language and target language culture. From the perspective of multimodal discourse analysis, this paper studies the subtitle translation of Wolf Warriors by using Professor Zhang Delu's multimodal theory as a framework from cultural level, context level, content level and expression level to analyze how this theory affects the subtitle translation of the film Wolf Warriors and provides valuable suggestions for other film subtitle translation.
Yu-shan Zhao Xiaojing Ren