Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)

Study on Variation in the Subtitle Translation of Films with Revolutionary Themes in Terms of Audiences’ Reception

Authors
Xiuying Lu1, Xiaoxue Xu2, *
1School of Foreign Languages, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China
2Research Centre for Applied Translation of Transportation and Engineering, School of Foreign Languages, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China
*Corresponding author. Email: 1606412089@qq.com
Corresponding Author
Xiaoxue Xu
Available Online 11 July 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_45How to use a DOI?
Keywords
films with revolutionary themes; subtitle translation; translation variation; variation methods; reception
Abstract

Film subtitle translation is of great significance for the outward publicity and dissemination of films, and audiences’ reception of a film indirectly reflects the popularity of its subtitle translation. To maximize the target audiences’ acceptance, translators may adopt some strategies or methods to enable audiences to understand information and culture behind lines with ease. Under the guidance of translation variation theory, this paper analyzes the variation in the subtitle translation of The Battle at Lake Changjin from the perspective of audiences’ reception, including translation plus rewriting, translation plus explanation and selected translation, which might help remove barriers to foreign audiences’ understanding, providing suggestions and methods for the subtitle translation of films with revolutionary themes in the process of going globally.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 July 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-062-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_45How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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