A comparison between Japanese and Mandarin cartoonsWhen Japanese cartoons entered the China market, translation was a key step. There were mainly dubbing and subtitling. The following is a comparison between Japanese and Mandarin for cartoons:
** 1. Name translation differences **
1. ** Character Name **
- In Dragon Ball, there were differences in translation between different versions. For example, the Taiwan version, Liao version, Hong Kong version, etc. For example, Leping's Hong Kong version was called Le, and the Taiwan version was called Yam. Bulma's Hong Kong version was called Zhuangzi.
- The male protagonist in " Magic Card Girl Sakura " was called Li Xiaolang in Japan, China Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and Wang Xiaoming in the mainland. The reason for this difference was related to cultural background, moral values, and so on. For example, in order to conform to the concept of China cousins not having a crush on each other, the names of related characters were changed in the mainland.
- Doraemon also had different translation in different regions. The mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan all had different translation. In the early days, there were transliterations of names such as Amon. In Taiwan and Hong Kong, there were also names such as " Ding Dang " or " Little Ding Dang."
2. ** Animation Name **
- The translated versions of " China's First Life " were different in different parts of China. There was also the translation of " To Love " into " The Queen of the Pouches ", which involved transliteration and humor.
** II. Subtitle translation features and dialogue differences **
1. ** Subtitle translation features **
- Subtitle translation was restricted by many factors. It was the character's dialogue in words, and it was subject to time constraints such as camera switching and the speed of the character's speech. Moreover, the subtitles had to match the image, and there were certain requirements for the proportion of the screen and the number of words. Generally, no compensation or explanation could be added.
- Considering the audience's education level and reading ability, the translation of subtitles should be easy to understand, concise and clear to avoid visual burden. At the same time, in order to avoid discomfort and confusion caused by cultural shock, appropriate local processing would be carried out. It should have the characteristics of instantaneousness, popularity, simplicity, non-annotation, visibility, and so on.
- Due to these characteristics, the understanding of the original text was not exactly the same for each subtitling team. For the terms and proper terms in the original text, they used their own sets when there was no official explanation. As a result, the same sentence might have different translation, but as long as the audience could understand and understand the meaning and meaning of the original text, it was fine.
2. ** The meaning and cultural implication of the dialogue **
- There were many Japanese cultural expressions in the Japanese dialogue, and when translated into Mandarin, they needed to be properly processed so that the audience could understand. For example, when translating some Japanese traditional concepts, cultural customs, and other related terms, one had to consider how to accurately convey the corresponding meaning in Mandarin.
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