Adaptation as Translation: The Representation and Reception of “The Ballad of Mulan” in the Anglophone World

Bilin Liu

Makale detayları

Adaptation as Translation: The Representation and Reception of “The Ballad of Mulan” in the Anglophone World

Yazarlar:

Bilin Liu

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi Issue 18, pp.61-81

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293962

pISSN:

2717-6959

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 The Ballad of Mulan, a well-known ancient Chinese poem recording the story of Mulan who took the place of her aged father to enlist in the army by disguising herself as a man, has been translated many times into English, both interlingually and intersemiotically. The various versions are not dominated by faithfully translated texts but by adaptations represented by Maxine Hong Kingstons novel The Woman Warrior 1976 and Disneys animation Mulan 1998. To further learn about the dissemination of The Ballad of Mulan outside of China, this research examines its adaptations and their reception in the anglophone world. Recognizing adaptation as translation by employing Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnets concept of equivalence based on Christine Nords preservationadaptation percentage in translation, this study employs a descriptive approach. It first gives a chronological list of the English adaptations of Mulan that fall into four major genres including dramas, novels, picture books, and videogames. It then scrutinizes the features of these adaptations and summarizes three adaptation types. Finally it investigates the acceptance of Mulan adaptations of three kinds as per statistics collected from representative websites and mainstream media. It argues that the adaptations altering or fabricating parts of the original story outnumber those of other kinds and are generally the best received.

 The Ballad of Mulan, a well-known ancient Chinese poem recording the story of Mulan who took the place of her aged father to enlist in the army by disguising herself as a man, has been translated many times into English, both interlingually and intersemiotically. The various versions are not dominated by faithfully translated texts but by adaptations represented by Maxine Hong Kingstons novel The Woman Warrior 1976 and Disneys animation Mulan 1998. To further learn about the dissemination of The Ballad of Mulan outside of China, this research examines its adaptations and their reception in the anglophone world. Recognizing adaptation as translation by employing Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnets concept of equivalence based on Christine Nords preservationadaptation percentage in translation, this study employs a descriptive approach. It first gives a chronological list of the English adaptations of Mulan that fall into four major genres including dramas, novels, picture books, and videogames. It then scrutinizes the features of these adaptations and summarizes three adaptation types. Finally it investigates the acceptance of Mulan adaptations of three kinds as per statistics collected from representative websites and mainstream media. It argues that the adaptations altering or fabricating parts of the original story outnumber those of other kinds and are generally the best received.

 The Ballad of Mulan, a well-known ancient Chinese poem recording the story of Mulan who took the place of her aged father to enlist in the army by disguising herself as a man, has been translated many times into English, both interlingually and intersemiotically. The various versions are not dominated by faithfully translated texts but by adaptations represented by Maxine Hong Kingstons novel The Woman Warrior 1976 and Disneys animation Mulan 1998. To further learn about the dissemination of The Ballad of Mulan outside of China, this research examines its adaptations and their reception in the anglophone world. Recognizing adaptation as translation by employing Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnets concept of equivalence based on Christine Nords preservationadaptation percentage in translation, this study employs a descriptive approach. It first gives a chronological list of the English adaptations of Mulan that fall into four major genres including dramas, novels, picture books, and videogames. It then scrutinizes the features of these adaptations and summarizes three adaptation types. Finally it investigates the acceptance of Mulan adaptations of three kinds as per statistics collected from representative websites and mainstream media. It argues that the adaptations altering or fabricating parts of the original story outnumber those of other kinds and are generally the best received.

 The Ballad of Mulan, a well-known ancient Chinese poem recording the story of Mulan who took the place of her aged father to enlist in the army by disguising herself as a man, has been translated many times into English, both interlingually and intersemiotically. The various versions are not dominated by faithfully translated texts but by adaptations represented by Maxine Hong Kingstons novel The Woman Warrior 1976 and Disneys animation Mulan 1998. To further learn about the dissemination of The Ballad of Mulan outside of China, this research examines its adaptations and their reception in the anglophone world. Recognizing adaptation as translation by employing Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnets concept of equivalence based on Christine Nords preservationadaptation percentage in translation, this study employs a descriptive approach. It first gives a chronological list of the English adaptations of Mulan that fall into four major genres including dramas, novels, picture books, and videogames. It then scrutinizes the features of these adaptations and summarizes three adaptation types. Finally it investigates the acceptance of Mulan adaptations of three kinds as per statistics collected from representative websites and mainstream media. It argues that the adaptations altering or fabricating parts of the original story outnumber those of other kinds and are generally the best received.

Makale detayları

Adaptation as Translation: The Representation and Reception of “The Ballad of Mulan” in the Anglophone World

Yazarlar: Bilin Liu

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi: İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi Issue 18, pp.61-81

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001293962

pISSN: 2717-6959

Adaptation

anglophone world

reception

The Ballad of Mulan

translation

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Bilin Liu

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi Issue 18, pp.61-81

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293962

pISSN:

2717-6959