Functional Equivalence Theory Research Articles

An Analysis of the Use of Domestication and Foreignization Strategies in the Subtitle Translation of the Film “Moon Man”

In recent years, the film industry has been booming, producing many popular films. In order to comply with the development of the times and cultural exchanges, domestic films are gradually going out of the country and flooding into overseas markets, and many excellent films are loved and recognized by people all over the world, so the subtitle translation of film and TV is also getting more and more attention. We can see that many excellent subtitles with national characteristics appearing in films. However, the phenomenon of domestication and foreignization is caused by the limited translation skills of translators, different language habits and inability to communicate across cultures. In this paper, analyze the use of Domestication and Foreignization Strategies in the subtitles translation of the film ”Moon Man ”, by means of an illustrative method under the guidance of the theory of functional equivalence theory.

功能对等论在电影字幕翻译中的应用——以《美国队长3》字幕翻译为例

功能对等论在电影字幕翻译中的应用——以《美国队长3》字幕翻译为例

Translation of Literary Novels from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence: A Case Study of Hoping

Cultural confidence is a popular topic, which is reflected in all aspects of social life, especially in the field of translation. In recent years, the overall trend of translation in China has shifted from the translation of foreign famous works to the translation of domestic works into foreign languages, making Chinese culture go global. Among all types of translation, literary translation is always difficult. Under the guidance of functional equivalence theory, the application of appropriate translation methods and strategies is conducive to solving translation difficulties, making foreign readers better feel the charm of Chinese culture, so as to spread Chinese culture and enhance cultural confidence.

REPORT ON POST-EDITING OF ABSTRACT OF AEROSPACE ARTICLES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCE THEORY

Background: According to the Language Service Development in China: 2020, Machine Translation(MT) is increasingly used in the language services industry. To analyze the problems of MT and find solutions, the author post-edited ten abstracts of aerospace papers from CNKI core journals by Google translate. Principal Findings: The fact is that MT is restricted to the original text features and confined to formal correspondence, failing to recognize the differences between English and Chinese, resulting in errors at all levels: lexical, syntactic, and contextual, which greatly affects the textual quality. Therefore, it is quite necessary to conduct post-editing to correct the mistakes. In order to make the MT version accurate and readable, the author conducts the post-editing under the guidance of Functional Equivalence Theory and summarizes PE techniques. For lexical errors, especially for terminology errors, the author must figure out word meanings by checking the authoritative references. At the sentence level, the author needs to change the word order according to the meaning so as to achieve semantic equivalence. At the discourse level, the author must pay attention to the coherence and make the logical relationship clear to reproduce the contextual meaning of the original texts. Conclusions: The results of the paper show that post-editing under the guidance of the Functional Equivalence Theory can correct MT errors, increase translation accuracy, and provide references for post-editing of MT.

从功能对等理论看迪士尼电影《花木兰》的字幕翻译

从功能对等理论看迪士尼电影《花木兰》的字幕翻译

功能对等理论视域下石油化工文本的翻译研究

功能对等理论视域下石油化工文本的翻译研究

Value and Culture

Abstract Alain Locke’s theory of value and functional equivalence is placed within more recent formalizations of functional analysis, recursion, and composition toward the study of sociocultural and political formation. With these resources in hand, Locke’s theory is proved to be one undergirding and integral to current studies of diaspora and sociocultural analysis.

News Translation from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory in China Daily

Nowadays, with the trend of world political multi-polarization and the regional economic integration, international communication has become an essential way for the development of each country. News become indispensable to the public to acquire the information happened domestic and abroad everyday. Thus, accurate news translation based on different language backgrounds has become an important channel to get news. Give a broad overview of the current translation in China’s current situation, the research field has been expanded since the 70s of last century. However, relative researches still have a long way to go. Eugene Nida, a contemporary famous American theorist in the field of translation, his functional equivalence theory becomes a continuous improved theory which has great significance of guiding the news translation practice.This article mainly bases on Nida’s functional equivalence theory and combines with the news language features to analyze China's most representative newspaper- China Daily. By analyzing vocabulary, syntax and discourse, we could explore the application of Nida’s functional equivalence theory in guiding the practice of news translation. The study of Nida’s functional equivalence theory not only guides news translation but also instructs other translation practice. Nida’s functional equivalence theory is worthy of being studied.

Translating the Chinese Modal Particle 啊 (a)

The Chinese language has many modal particles, which often appear at the end of a sentence, hence also known as sentence-final particles. Such particles have specific functions and carry implied meanings in different contexts. However, modal particles are generally considered not existing in English, so their translation from Chinese into English presents a challenge for translators. This study focuses on the English translation of the Chinese modal particle 啊 (a) in sentence-final positions based on examples from three Chinese movies. The translated subtitles with the modal particle 啊 (a) are categorised into four types of sentences – namely, declarative, interrogative, exclamative and imperative. The examples are analysed within the framework of Nida’s functional equivalence theory by comparing the modal particle’s functions and meanings in the source and target texts. It was found that omission, explicitation and linguistic amplification are the three strategies used for rendering this modal particle, while omission is the dominant strategy. Though acceptable in many cases, omission may lead to the loss of functions or implied meanings. The findings suggest that translators should rely on an analysis of the context to decide which strategy is most appropriate to convey the function and implied meaning of 啊 (a).

A Probe into Translation Techniques of Literary Works under the guidance of Functional Equivalence Theory

Literature is the art of language, and it contains rich literary nature, artistic and aesthetics value. Literature translation is a special form of translation and translators need to help target readers fully perceive the artistic charm of literary works in the way the source text readers do. Due to this uniqueness, Functional Equivalence theory can provide scientific guidance for literature translation. Various translation techniques are utilized in order to realize the functional equivalence when translating literary works. In this article, the author explores how the translation techniques are used when translating Before We Were Yours.

AN ANALYSIS OF TWO ENGLISH VERSIONS OF TUNE: CHOU NU ER WRITTEN ON THE WALL ON MY WAY TO BOSHAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCE THEORY

Song Ci is a treasure in the history of Chinese classical literature. As one of the representative works of Song Ci by Xin Qiji, a bold and unconstrained poet, Tune: Chou Nu Er Written on the Wall on My Way to Boshan has been favored by many translators at home and abroad, and there are many English versions in existence. The translation theory of "Functional Equivalence" points out that "Translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source-language message, first in terms of meaning and secondly in terms of style". Translation contains not only lexical equivalence, but also semantic equivalence, stylistic equivalence, and conveys superficial lexical information and deep cultural information. Poetry stands on the beauty of sound, meaning and form, and also has a great cultural connotation. Therefore, it is necessary to convey the source language information and reproduce the cultural connotation in translation. Based on this, this paper takes two English versions of Tune: Chou Nu Er Written on the Wall on My Way to Boshan as the research object, analyzes the functional equivalence in poetry translation from three aspects: meaning, sound and form, and discusses the guiding significance and rationality of functional equivalence theory in the translation of Song Ci.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0591/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Translating COVID Tests Terms From Chinese Into English in the Light of Functional Equivalence Theory

Translating COVID Tests Terms From Chinese Into English in the Light of Functional Equivalence Theory

A Study of Dialect Films Subtitle Translation Strategies Guided by the Theory of Functional Equivalence — Taking the Dialect Film "A Cool Fish" as an Example

Subtitle translation is a field of translation where the subtitles of films or TV series are translated simultaneously. With the development of China's film and television industry and the inflow of outstanding foreign films and TV dramas, subtitle translation for film and television is flourishing.Due to the constraints of space and time, film and television subtitles are generally characterised by the following features: synchronicity, brevity and clarity, accessibility, colloquialism and a high degree of aesthetics. In recent years, the Chinese film and television industry has gradually begun to tell the stories of marginal characters, who are mostly told in dialect. In the vast expanse of China, according to incomplete statistics, there are about seventy dialects, which are officially divided into ten broad categories. Replacing Mandarin with dialects in film and television dramas not only reflects the regional characteristics and makes the audience feel more immersed, but dialect films are also highly aesthetic works of art with a cultural load. In this paper, we will analyse the dialect subtitle translation in the famous 2018 dialect film A COOL FISH from the perspective of the theory of functional equivalence, providing a detailed analysis of which for dialect words, sentences and rhetoric.

A Study on the English Translation Strategies of Culture-loaded Expressions in Political Articles

The English version of Chinese political articles are the main source for foreigners to obtain China’s economic development and policy trends. It appears to be important to translate these Chinese words objectively and accurately, especially for the overseas publicity. On the basis of Eugene A. Nida’s functional equivalence theory, the translation strategies of the neologisms, shortened-form expressions, idioms and numerals are analyzed. And the flexibility of translation of Chinese culture-loaded words is discussed. Finally the different translation strategies in political essays are summed up.

The Strategy of English to Chinese Translation of Advertisements from the Perspective of Nida's Functional Equivalence Theory

With the rapid development of economic globalization, advertising has become one of the most significant ways in transnational marketing. The quality of advertisement translation will directly affect the sale of products. On the basis of a review of advertisements, this thesis intends to explore the methods of English to Chinese advertisement translation under the guidance of Nida's functional equivalence theory.

A Study on Functional Equivalence in Translation of Lyric Prose — A Case of Autumn in Peiping by Zhang Peiji

The Functional Equivalence Theory put forward by Eugene Nida, an American translation theorist, notes that translation is a process of using the closest and most natural equivalent in the target language to reproduce the information of the source language. It emphasizes the equivalence of information content and form, and prose translation aims to convey information and reproduce the style of the source text. Therefore, the Functional Equivalence Theory has great application space in the text analysis of prose translation. In this paper, the author discusses how to apply the theory of Functional Equivalence to the translating of modern Chinese lyric prose into English. Taking Autumn in Peiping translated by Zhang Peiji as a case study, the author of this paper explores how the translator achieved equivalence in lexical, syntactical and stylistic aspects on the ground of citing typical examples. The method of qualitative research is used in this paper. In the framework of the Functional Equivalence Theory, the author tries to analyze and evaluate how word choice, sentence structure and style function in conveying the meaning of the source text. It is found that the theory of Functional Equivalence is of guidance in analyzing the translation effect of Autumn in Peiping. Lexically, equivalence is realized through correspondence, non-correspondence and zero in semantic translation. Syntactically, the translator used different sentence structures and cohesive devices to convey the intended meaning. Stylistically, some workable strategies are adopted to deal with translation difficulties in expressive function and aesthetic appeal.

Study of the Translation Strategies for the Chinese Culture-loaded Words in Peking Opera under Functional Equivalence Theory

Study of the Translation Strategies for the Chinese Culture-loaded Words in Peking Opera under Functional Equivalence Theory

On Translation of Psychological Terminology

The functional equivalence theory founded by Eugene Nida is significant for its translation purposes. Translation is based on the target language of cultural transfer, communicative interaction and cross-cultural events. This paper studies the definition and characteristics of psychology based on the functional equivalence theory. What’s more, this paper analyzes the development of Chinese psychological terminology and its implications for the development of indigenous psychology. This thesis insists that we should translate the psychological terminology by the way of word-for-word translation, paraphrasing, borrowing translation and transliteration.

Application of Functional Equivalence Theory in Business English Translation: Take Cambridge Business English for Example

Application of Functional Equivalence Theory in Business English Translation: Take Cambridge Business English for Example

Research on the English Translation Methods of Government Texts from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory

Research on the English Translation Methods of Government Texts from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory