A Study on the Translation Strategies of Chinese Culture-loaded Words: Taking the Subtitle Translation of the Film " Big Fish& Begonia " as an Example

Zhixi Liu; Shuyue Sun; Xinyi Xu

doi:10.54254/2753-7064/6/20230246

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Received: 1 September 2023

Published: 14 September 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/6/20230246

Article Type: Research Article

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Liu,Z.;Sun,S.;Xu,X. (2023). A Study on the Translation Strategies of Chinese Culture-loaded Words: Taking the Subtitle Translation of the Film " Big Fish& Begonia " as an Example. Communications in Humanities Research,6,207-214.

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