Study on Aesthetic Value of Subtitle Translation of Within and Beyond the Great Wall from the Perspective of Translation Aesthetics

Yujing GUO, Xue JIANG

Abstract


With the advancement of cultural diversity and the increasingly frequent communication between the East and the West, more and more high-quality documentaries are presented to the foreigner. Chinese documentaries have become an important carrier for foreign audiences to understand Chinese culture, so the subtitle translation of documentary plays an important role in the spread of documentary. Translation aesthetics theory will help the study on the aesthetic values of subtitle translation and broaden the research scope of documentary subtitle translation. This paper selects the documentary Homeland Dreamland--Within and Beyond the Great Wall as research object to analyze the subtitle translation. From the perspective of translation aesthetics, this paper discusses how the aesthetic value of subtitle translation achieve and what translation methods translators use to show the aesthetic effect.


Keywords


Translation aesthetics; Aesthetic value; Documentary; Within and Beyond the Great Wall

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