What’s going on with Daming Fenghua YouTube Translation?

It is a farce that the subtitles of the TV series "The Ming Dynasty" were translated by foreign netizens.

The TV series "The Ming Dynasty" promotes the excitement of Chinese dramas to netizens around the world on YouTube. It has become a hotly discussed TV series among foreign netizens. However, Chinese culture is vast and profound, and in the process of translating from Chinese to English, some Chinese lines were directly changed. For example, the play's title "Jackie Chan makes a phoenix" was literally translated as, Jackie Chan is a phoenix! For example, "The dog lifts the door curtain, all because of this mouth" is a catchphrase in Chinese. The first half of the sentence is mentioned and the second half is answered. The two sentences are connected. On the surface, it says "dog", but in fact it alludes to the person. He has a mouth but can't do practical things. This sentence is a common cryptic expression in Chinese, but the English translation translates it as "he is so glib". Although the meaning does not go far, the meaning in the middle is not worth recalling.

In this TV series, there is a person named "Miss Sun". This is Sun's surname, everyone knows it, but the YouTube channel translates Miss Sun as grandson, and grandson is the grandson's grandson. Meaning, this doesn’t mean the same thing at all! This is also the difference between Chinese and Western cultures. The understanding of some things is not in the same direction.

"The Ming Dynasty" is set in the Yongle to Tianshun years of the Ming Dynasty, and uses the "family" as the narrative unit. It not only shows the complex and subtle relationship between the Zhu family under the etiquette system of monarchs and ministers in feudal society, but also takes into account The writing of family ties between fathers, sons, and brothers vividly interprets the profound and timeless meaning of what the ancients said: "family" and "world". It also finds new ideas for historical dramas and reality to achieve the same frequency and vibrating effect. ?

As the play's director Zhang Ting said, although "The Ming Dynasty" is a historical drama, it also hopes to give the audience a sense of intimacy in terms of look and feel. Zhang Ting explained: The Zhu family’s ethical order and relationship between elder and younger are representatives of a family that has been passed down for thousands of years in China. Therefore, "The Ming Dynasty" does not focus on the change of power and the competition for favor in the harem, but focuses on family relationships and explores people's position in traditional families. ?