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SHS Web of Conferences
Volume 25, 2016
ICITCE 2015 – 3rd International Conference on Information Technology and Career Education
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| Article Number | 02006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Economy and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162502006 | |
| Published online | 22 April 2016 | |
Chinese-English subtitle translation from the Skopostheorie: A case study of the series of CCTV documentary “The Japanese Repatriation from the Huludao”
Department of Foreign Languages, Wuhan University of Technology Huaxia College, Wuhan, Hubei, China
* Corresponding author: 215880250@qq.com
According to the theory of human action, Skopostheorie assigns the translation into the category of human communication activity with specific purposes. Therefore, subtitle translation, as one type of translation, also has its own purposes. The subtitle translation is characterized by instantaneity and popularity. Furthermore, the language of the subtitle translation must fulfill the high requirement in terms of logicality and artistic appeal. The translation in this paper, a work by the author, is an extract from the series of CCTV documentary “The Japanese Repatriation from the Huludao”. Based on the principle that the purpose rules, the author did a careful analysis on the receivers’ expectations, education background, and translation commissioner’s requirements, etc.. The author also studied the language characteristics and the general translation strategies in the subtitle translation. In conclusion, the author comes up with the suitable translation strategies for this particular translation practice: naturalization, adding and omitting, logic combing and structure re-organizing, and choosing between styles.
Key words: Skopostheorie / subtitle translation / “The Japanese Repatriation from the Huludao”
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