Zhang, Xiaochun;
(2015)
Cinematic Multilingualism in China and its Subtitling.
Quaderns : Revista de Traducció
, 22
pp. 385-398.
Preview |
Text
Cinematic Multilingualism in China and its Subtitling.pdf - Other Download (768kB) | Preview |
Abstract
After several decades of promoting a homogenous language in the People’s Republic of China (China), the inclusion of local languages other than Putonghua (standard modern Chinese) in films in recent years has led to a heated debate on language policy in the country. It is against this background that the paper seeks to discuss the current situation in China as well as explore factors behind the current development of multilingual films in the country, indicating that there is a grassroots appeal for the protection of language and cultural diversity. By conducting a case study on The Flowers of War (Yimou Zhang, 2011), a China-made polyglot film, this paper investigates the role of subtitling in multilingual films and its potential for promoting a multilingual multicultural society
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cinematic Multilingualism in China and its Subtitling |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/quaderns/quaderns_a2015n22... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Yimou Zhang; The Flowers of War; multilinguism; subtitling, Chinese language policy. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS > Translation Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164815 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
