题名

Audiovisual Dubbing Translation from Chinese to English: Problems and Solutions

并列篇名

中譯英視聽翻譯配音:問題與解決方案

作者

D. Victoria Rau(何德華);Gerald Rau(饒傑瑞);Michael Rau(饒忠恕)

关键词

audiovisual translation ; dubbing ; participatory action research ; modification strategies ; problems and solutions ; 視聽翻譯 ; 配音 ; 參與式行動研究 ; 調整策略 ; 問題與解決方案

期刊名称

翻譯學研究集刊

卷期/出版年月

26輯(2023 / 10 / 01)

页次

44 - 67

内容语文

英文;繁體中文

中文摘要

This paper presents a case study of a team translating and dubbing audiovisual materials for a government agency to be used in initial 3-day training for incoming domestic migrant workers, presenting workplace safety and introduction to relevant laws. Using a participatory action research method, all three authors were directly involved in translating and dubbing the materials, comprising seven scripts, to identify problems as they arose and implement solutions on the spot, then reflect on the process to identify transferrable concepts that could benefit others facing a similar task. Three research questions were addressed: 1) What difficulties were encountered using Google Translate for machine translation, and how could it be used most effectively to render a first draft of the translation script for dubbing? 2) What problems were encountered during post-editing, and what modifications were necessary to meet the competing needs for accuracy, naturalness, and voice-sync rules for dubbing? 3) During dubbing, what modifications of the translations needed to be made when the English text was too long, did not fit the timing of visuals in the video, or was difficult to read? We found that while Google Translate could produce relatively good translations of connected passages of text, it did not do as well with the segmented text of the dubbing script. Accuracy of translation had to be balanced against naturalness of the translation. The different length of equivalent utterances in Chinese and English sometimes required summarization or reduction of specificity to achieve voice synchrony, before or after the edited text was compared to the video. Additional problems were noted in the various genres within the script and translation of technical terms. Finally, changes in the dubbing stage involved primarily reduction and modification. Changes of word order were less frequent. All modifications in translation are illustrated with examples.

英文摘要

我國政府機構為訓練新進長照移工,設計為期3天之培訓課程,製作相關動畫影片以解說工作場所安全及相關法律規定,並將該中文影片翻譯成英文及其他東南亞語言。本研究以參與式行動研究法,探討作者群組成中譯英視聽翻譯配音團隊,參與7個腳本翻譯配音過程所遭遇之問題與解決之道。透過個案分析,提供從事中譯英視聽翻譯配音任務從業人員有用的翻譯策略與建議。本研究三大研究問題如下:1)使用谷歌翻譯進行初步機器翻譯會遇到哪些困難,如何有效使用谷歌翻譯協助製作翻譯初稿?2)初稿編輯過程中遇到之問題為何,需要進行哪些修改才能滿足配音準確度、自然度、和語音同步的需求?3)在配音過程中,如果英文文字過長、不符影片時間、或難以閱讀,需要對翻譯進行哪些修改?研究結果發現,雖然谷歌翻譯面對連接文本段落之翻譯效果良好,但對配音腳本的分段文本翻譯則效果不佳。為平衡翻譯的準確性與自然性,中英文對等話語的不同長度需以總結式或縮減法達到語音同步需求。除了語言風格和專業術語翻譯之挑戰,編輯後文本與影片進行比對時,還需要繼續進行修正。最後,配音階段的文字編輯多半為縮減和調整,而詞序變化不大,修改方式均舉例說明。

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