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Translating Film Subtitles into Chinese

A Multimodal Study

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  1. Yuping Chen

    1. China Agricultural University , Beijing, China

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  • Clarifies the functions of visual-verbal interplay in subtitle translation by referring to screen-captured images in films

  • Equips readers to analyze subtitle translations theoretically, and to do their own subtitling with practical guidelines

  • Breaks through the linguistic restraints on subtitling research by underscoring the role of semiotic interplay

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Theoretical Foundations

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    Pages 13-49

  4. Research Methodology and Detailed Analytical Methods

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    Pages 51-64

  5. The Representational Meanings in Subtitle Translation

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    Pages 65-88

  6. The Compositional Meanings in Subtitle Translation

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    Pages 89-115

  7. The Interactive Meanings in Subtitle Translation

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    Pages 117-143

  8. Discussion and Conclusion

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    Pages 145-164

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 165-166
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About this book

This book examines three metafunction meanings in subtitle translation with three research foci, i.e., the main types of cross-modal interrelation, the primary function of semiotic interplay, and the key linguistic components influencing the subtitles. It goes beyond traditional textual analysis in translation studies; approaches subtitle translation from a multimodality standpoint; and breaks through the linguistic restraints on subtitling research by underscoring the role of semiotic interplay. In the field of multimodality, this book bridges subtitling and multimodality by investigating the interweaving relationships between different semiotic modes, and their corresponding impacts on subtitle translation.

Authors and Affiliations

  • China Agricultural University , Beijing, China

    Yuping Chen

About the author

Dr. Yuping Chen graduated with a PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia, and is currently an Associate Professor at China Agricultural University. Her main research interests are in translation studies, discourse analysis and semiotics.

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