scholarly journals On Translation of Puns in Sitcoms Based on Functional Equivalence Theory—Taking Yes, Minister as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
Liangcheng Wang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Functional Equivalence ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Situation Comedies ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Equivalence Theory ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Chinese And English

In situation comedies, pun is one of the most effective means of creating comic effect and takes up a considerable part. However, if incorrectly or improperly translated, it can be almost impossible for puns to get across its audience, even when the audience is somewhat capable of English. The reason is that pun, in essence, is a figure of speech, which requires certain knowledge of English literature and culture. The translation of English movies and TV series has become fairly sophisticated, but studies on the translation of pun are relatively rare. This article will introduce and study pun both in Chinese and English literature by the approach of contrast, and discuss the translation methods of puns from the perspective of functional equivalence theory; and then it will take the Chinese subtitle of the famous situation comedy series Yes, Minister as examples to analyze and study the translation methods and strategies of puns used in situation comedies.

scholarly journals On Subtitle Translation of Chinese Costume Drama, The Longest Day in Chang’an

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 211-215
Author(s):  
Yanlin YU ◽  
Zhixin XIA
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Functional Equivalence ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Equivalence Theory ◽  
Costume Drama ◽  
Good Environment ◽  
Chinese And English ◽  
Proper Translation

China’s enhanced international influence creates a good environment for spreading its traditional culture overseas. In recent years, Chinese subtitle translation is no longer restricted to translating foreign works into Chinese, with costume drama subtitle translation gaining more and more attention. However, relevant research in China is inadequate, and differences between Chinese and English aggravate this difficulty, which may be solved by studying and analyzing the subtitle translation of The Longest Day in Chang'an under the guidance of Nida's functional equivalence theory from the perspectives of lexical equivalence, syntactic equivalence, and stylistic equivalence, so as to provide the guidance to translators to render a proper translation both in the conveying of information as well as ensuring readers' response.

scholarly journals C-E Translation of Jiang Zilong’s Short Story Mr. Big on the Basis of Functional Equivalence Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Min Shen
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Functional Equivalence ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Artistic Style ◽  
The Core ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Equivalence Theory ◽  
Translation Methods

In recent years, an increasing amount of excellent foreign novels and short stories are translated and introduced into China while limited Chinese short stories are presented overseas. This paper, on the basis of Nida’s functional equivalence theory, analyzes and reviews the translated version of the short story “Mr. Big” written by Jiang Zilong through the application of functional equivalence theory from lexical and syntactic level. The translator, with the target language reader at the core, fully comprehends the original text, emotions, style, and mood of the short story, and appropriately uses various translation methods, such as transliteration with annotation and literal translation for translating culture-loaded words; literal translation, liberal translation, supplementary translation, divided translation, adapted translation, conversed translation, etc. to faithfully reproduce the original content and artistic style of the original work, and achieve functional equivalence. This paper is supposed to enhance the foreign understanding of Jiang Zilong’s short story and to provide reference and inspirations for Chinese-English translation of novels and short stories.

scholarly journals On C-E Translation of Relic Texts in Museums from a Functional Equivalence Perspective: A Case Study of Hubei Provincial Museum

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
Ni Shiwei
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Functional Equivalence ◽  
Source Text ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Equivalence Theory ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Proper Translation

Museums play an important role in China’s communication with the world and demonstrate to some extent China’s soft power. As China further strengthens its international exchanges, more and more people hope to know China through its history and culture. However, due to the lingual and cultural distinctions, there are many unavoidable problems in translating Chinese relic texts (Source Text or ST) into English texts (Target Text or TT). As Eugene Nida said in his functional equivalence theory, the Target Reader’s (TR) comprehension and appreciation of the translation is significant. Therefore, in translating relic texts, attention should be paid to how the TR can understand and accept the content. This thesis aims at finding proper translation principles and methods by analyzing the translations of the relic texts in Hubei Provincial Museum from the perspective of the core concepts of functional equivalence theory. Through a study on the functional equivalence theory, the thesis finds three principles of translating relic texts: accuracy, readability and acceptability. An analysis of the relic texts of Hubei Provincial Museum has led to several translation methods including addition, omission, paraphrasing and rewriting, which help to achieve the functional equivalence of relic texts translation.

scholarly journals A Contrastive Analysis of Chinese Humor and English Humor in Intercultural Communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1595
Author(s):  
Sha Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Transcultural Communication ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Chinese And English

Humor plays an important role in daily life and also quite useful in interpersonal communication. Nowadays, the cross-cultural communication between the English-speaking countries and China becomes more and more frequent while some humor is difficult to appreciate with diverse cultural backgrounds. Therefore, this paper aims at analyzing the Chinese and English humor from their similarities, like the use of ambiguity and figure of speech, as well as differences, especially in functions, topics and ways of expression. Related causes are further discussed the differences. Hopefully, the findings will help to reduce the obstacles in understanding humor in different culture and promote transcultural communication in a delightful manner.

scholarly journals Pneumonia Incidence and Mortality in Mainland China: Systematic Review of Chinese and English Literature, 1985–2008

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e11721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuhua Guan ◽  
Benjamin J. Silk ◽  
Wenkai Li ◽  
Aaron T. Fleischauer ◽  
Xuesen Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Chinese And English

Analyzing Arabic Translation Methods of English Similes: A Case Study of The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Jaber Nashi M Alshammari
Keyword(s):  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Translation Model ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Literary Devices

Simile is one of the most important literary devices. It is widely used as a figure of speech in literary works. However, simile can pose significant challenges in literary translation since different languages might use and interpret similes differently. The present research aims at investigating the translation strategies employed in Arabic to render English similes in a literary text. The translation model proposed by Pierini (2007) is utilized as a framework of this study. The researcher selected "The Old Man and The Sea" novel by Ernest Hemingway and its two Arabic translations as a case study. The novel's two Arabic translations are by The United Publishers referred to later as target text 1 (TT1) and Zyad Zakaria referred to later as target text 2 (TT2).  First, the researcher randomly collected 40 similes as the study data. Then, their Arabic translations are identified. Next, the data is compared and analyzed to determine their translation techniques. After analysis, the research found that literal translation is a prominent strategy in rendering English similes to Arabic.

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