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A Study of the English Translation of Culture-loaded Words in Chinese Film Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child from the Perspective of Skopos Theory

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DOI: 10.23977/abroa.2022.020101 | Downloads: 260 | Views: 2470

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Yi Dong 1

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1 School of International Study, Communication University of China, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Yi Dong

ABSTRACT

Culture-loaded words used in film dialogues often cause problems for translators and this is quite true in culture-based Chinese films including animation stories. What difficulties are translators confronted with and how to solve them? This thesis attempts to find answers to these research questions through a case study C-E subtitle translation of culture-loaded words in the film Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child from the perspective of Skopos Theory. This thesis concludes that different translation strategies may be adopted in pursuit of faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance when dealing with different types of cultural terms in dialogues. However, it is highly suggested that some basic principles for film translation should not be neglected for good acceptance by target audience in terms of high quality control. These are mainly expressed in the aspects of colloquialization, personalization, entertainmentization, rhythmization.

KEYWORDS

Culture-loaded words, translation strategies, subtitle translation, Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child

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Yi Dong, A Study of the English Translation of Culture-loaded Words in Chinese Film Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child from the Perspective of Skopos Theory. Advances in Broadcasting (2022) Vol. 2: 1-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/abroa.2022.020101.

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