An Analysis of Chinese-English Subtitling Translation: A Case Study of Subtitling the Empresses in the Palace (The Legend of ZhenHuan)
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The aim of this study was to analyze translation methods used in The Empresses in the Palace. This study was based on qualitative research using content analysis as a tool to study translation methods used in “The Empresses in the Palace”, presented by Bruno Wu, Zheng Xiaolong, Arthur M. Sarkissian, Dun Yong and Feng Ya; executively produced by Fred Milstein and Cao Ping; distributed by Bruno Wu, Arthur M. Sarkissian and Cao Ping; produced by Danielle Woodrow and Avis Zhu. The character of this study was descriptive analysis, based on New Mark’s (1981) translation methods which used as a tool to study in equivalence of linguistic factors and cultural factors.
The study found eight of New Mark’s (1988: 7) translation methods being applied to The Empresses in the Palace. The most frequently used method was semantic translation (45.71%), followed by communicative translation (13.46%), faithful translation (12.99%), literal translation (9.51%), free translation (7.66%), word-for-word translation (6.96%), adaptation translation (2.55%) and idiomatic translation (1.16%). The findings could help interested translators to apply translation methods in adjustment of translation problems because of linguistically and culturally differences between the source language and target language.
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