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Frontiers in Educational Research, 2023, 6(1); doi: 10.25236/FER.2023.060124.

Appreciation of Movie Subtitle Translation in Chinese Animation Film ---- Take Legend of Sealed Book as an Example

Author(s)

Ran Chen

Corresponding Author:
Ran Chen
Affiliation(s)

School for Foreign Languages, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610599, China

Abstract

Chinese animated films have gradually become an important approach to taking Chinese culture to the global stage with the rise of domestic animation in recent years. As a result the subtitle translation of animated films has attracted more and more translators to focus on. Successful subtitle translation to effectively promote intercultural communication not only enables the target language audience to correctly understand the trait of characters in the film but also helps to grasp the theme. This paper discusses the strategies of subtitle translating in animation movies with the analysis of specific examples in Legend of Sealed Book which can provide references for the study of subtitle translation of Chinese animation movies. The author will analyze the translation of subtitles from following aspects time and space limitation, multidimensional information coordination, language style positioning and cultural load word processing.

Keywords

Subtitle Translation, Animation Movie, Translation Strategy, Cultural Information

Cite This Paper

Ran Chen. Appreciation of Movie Subtitle Translation in Chinese Animation Film ---- Take Legend of Sealed Book as an Example. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 1: 150-156. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.060124.

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