5.5　Conclusion

To sum up,although the selected 15 animation films all got high marks in terms of online viewer feedback in their year of release,they still have some imperfections,which may influence the length of the translated subtitles in terms of readability.During the process of investigation through the corpus and questionnaire,I identified and analysed three main issues in my collected data.These are the problems involving the lack of a unified translation standard to apply to all English names including characters’ names,place names and famous landmarks.According to the literature review,we know that there are theories concerning the translation of proper nouns in the field of AVT studies.As such,I suggest: the transfer or transcription of original English names in the translated Chinese subtitles; the sometimes inappropriate or excessive use of expansion in subtitling; and the unsuitable use of particular Chinese expressions,like archaisms or old sayings in certain cases where these expressions do not enhance the meaning of a subtitle,but merely complicate the viewer’s process of reading.I have discussed these problems by explaining some specific examples and making suggestions to resolve these issues.Generally speaking,with reference to Yan (1898,cited in Liu 2011: 1),Tan (2006: 129) and Tytler (1790 cited in Wang,2003: 103),precedence should be given to a “simple and brief” approach to subtitle language,and then,in second place,comes the “artistic,graceful,and humorous” approach to language in translated subtitles: “readable” first and then “culturally acceptable”,is consequently the proposed approach to E-C subtitling in the context of full-length English language animated films.The reasons are as follows:

1) According to two previously mentioned scholars,Xiao and Wang,the main audiences for translated animation films in China are young people aged 15-30 years.They have different levels of ability in English and in Chinese,such that overlong translated subtitles may influence their reading speed and influence their comprehension of the film dialogue to different degrees.(https://www.daowen.com)

2) According to the selected data,I found that the language in these animated films is originally simple and brief; the majority of the original text only needs to be translated word by word (literal translation or direct translation).There is no necessity to make things difficult and complex in the translation of these original subtitles,such as excessive or far-fetched usage of some particular Chinese expressions.

Therefore,“simple is best” or “as simple as possible” is the recommended approach when translating animation films for Chinese audiences according to this research.