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Amini, Mansour
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Strategies and Challenges in English to Chinese Translation of Selected Song Lyrics Amini, Mansour; Ooi, Faith Fang Xi; Choo, Sue Anne Xuan-En; Saffari, Narges; Lee, Kam-Fong; Ravindran, Latha
Jurnal Arbitrer Vol. 11 No. 3 (2024)
Publisher : Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia Universitas Andalas

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/ar.11.3.244-262.2024

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The translation of song lyrics is challenging for translators primarily due to the intricate poetic and musical elements, which often compel them to employ specific strategies for effective translation. This study was an attempt to investigate the translation strategies in selected translated movie song lyrics and explore the challenges in translating the lyrics. In this qualitative study, the songs were purposefully selected from “Mulan” (1998) and “Aladdin” (2019) movies. Low’s (2013) translation strategies were applied during the process of translation. The “Translation” (transfer of material with a reasonably high degree of semantic fidelity), and “Replacement” (a re-creation of text by only preserving the music element) strategies were found as the common strategies in the translation of song lyrics. The use of a replacement strategy could be due to technical difficulties in translating songs, such as the constraint of rhythm, hence a total replacement of meanings to match the rhythm of the song. A significant challenge in translating song lyrics from English to Chinese was in translating the concept of face-saving, which is an eminent process in social interactions in Chinese culture. It was concluded that the use of a translation strategy depended on the lyrics, translators’ creativity, melody, rhyme, and the differences between the languages and cultures, while the “skopos”, i.e., the correspondence of aim/purpose in the source and target cultures should play the key role.
Strategies, Errors, and Challenges in Translating Culture-Specific Items in Chinese-English Literary Works : A Systematic Review Qiufen, Wang; Amini, Mansour; Tan, Debbita Ai Lin
Jurnal Arbitrer Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025)
Publisher : Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia Universitas Andalas

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/ar.12.2.259-273.2025

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In this paper, the Chinese to English literary translation of Culture-Specific Items (CSIs) published between 2019 and 2024 is analyzed. Different types of CSIs, such as idioms, historical references, proverbs, and culturally specific phrases, are among the most difficult items to translate because of their deep cultural meaning and the challenge in finding appropriate English equivalents. Although exploration of cultural factors and their translations has become increasingly popular, particularly in Translation Studies, systematic reviews of CSIs especially in Chinese to English literary contexts are limited. We employed a qualitative content analysis to synthesize the findings of 25 selected and refined articles. Among them, 18 were empirical articles, while seven were reviews, mainly focusing on the theoretical and conceptual features of CSIs, collected from Google Scholar, JSTOR, and PubMed databases. Three major themes were identified: (1) definitions and typologies of CSIs, (2) translation strategies, and (3) translation errors. We found that among the various strategies and procedures involved in translating CSIs, domestication, foreignization, annotation, adaptation, and literal translation were the most popular, each acknowledging their context-specific efficiencies and limitations. Furthermore, the identified translation errors included cultural misinterpretation, loss of style, omission, and loss of functionality. These errors could often hinder reader comprehension and negatively influence the narrative. Based on the findings, we recommend maintaining a balance between linguistic and cultural faithfulness, emphasizing genre sensitivity, recognizing the significance of translator visibility, and in-depth exploration of the context, and functional equivalence. Conducting empirical reception studies, in addition to further examination of genre representation, integration of human evaluation, and exploring the potential role of translation technology in translating cultural items could offer theoretical and practical guidance to literary translators dealing with cultural items.
Co-Authors Ahadzadeh, Asharf Sadat Choo, Sue Anne Xuan-En Haolin, Zhou Heng, Jing Xiang Lee, Kam-Fong Ooi, Faith Fang Xi Qiufen, Wang Ravindran, Latha Saffari, Narges Tan, Debbita Ai Lin Wu, Shin Ling Zhi, Huang