The translation of extralinguistic cultural references in subtitling
The translation of extralinguistic cultural references in subtitling
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字幕中语言外文化参考的翻译
DOI：
10.1075/target.20011.che
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发表时间：
2021
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Zhang Juan
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作者：
Chen Wei;Nakamoto Takeshi;Zhang Juan
翻译中的非语言文化参照(ECR)一直受到学术界的广泛关注，尤其是在视听翻译中。然而，大多数学者都研究过从英语到其他语言的字幕翻译。虽然中国有着悠久的电影制作传统，但很少有人研究ECR的汉译英字幕问题。本文试图通过对六个华语电影字幕译本的翻译策略、翻译策略分布和翻译逼真度指数的调查来弥补这一缺陷。我们将我们的结果与丹麦字幕的结果进行了比较，发现中国和丹麦的字幕者都持目标导向的态度。然后，我们调查了不同中国电影在ECR字幕翻译策略上的份额，并确定这一点因类型而异，不同类型电影之间的保真度指数差异很大。史诗电影的翻译似乎非常忠实，而犯罪和黑帮电影的翻译则不那么忠实。
There has been substantial scholarly interest in extralinguistic cultural references (ECRs) in translation, especially in audiovisual translation (AVT). However, most scholars have investigated subtitling from English into other languages. Although China has a long tradition of film production, few studies have investigated the subtitling of ECRs from Chinese into English. This article attempts to remedy this by investigating the translation strategies, translation strategy distribution, and fidelity indexes of six subtitled versions of Chinese-language films. We compare our results with results on Danish subtitles, and find that both Chinese and Danish subtitlers hold a target-oriented attitude. We then investigate the share of the strategies in the subtitling of ECRs across different Chinese films and determine that this varies by genre and that the difference in the fidelity index among films of different genres is substantial. The translation of epic films appears to be highly faithful, whereas that of crime and gangster films is much less faithful.