Study on the Translation of Culture-loaded Words in Red Sorghum from the Perspective of Frame Theory

Abstract

Frame theory is an important guide for subtitle translation in films. From the perspective of frame theory, subtitle translation is a process of translators' understanding of the original text and construction of the translation frame to achieve frame equivalence. Due to the cross-cultural conversion of cultural factors, the translation of Chinese culture-loaded words often becomes a thorny problem for translators, and scholars have long studied the translation of culture-loaded words from different perspectives. However, few scholars have used the framework theory to study the translation of culture-loaded words in subtitles. Therefore, based on the frame theory, this paper takes the Berlin International Film Festival award-winning film "Red Sorghum" as an example, and explores its translation strategies from three aspects: frame replacement, frame transplantation and frame adjustment by comparing and analyzing the Chinese subtitles and their translations.