A Study on German Translation Strategies of Culture-Loaded Words in Documentary Hexi Corridor (Expert) by Adaptation Theory

This paper deals with the translation strategies of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words from the perspective of adaptation theory. It is based on the translation text of the sixth episode “Silk Road” and the seventh episode “Dunhuang” of the documentary Hexi Corridor. Many words with Chinese cultural connotations appear in the subtitles of this documentary. This paper will be divided into four parts. The first part and the second part deal with the basic theories, i.e., definition of Chinese Culture-Loaded Words and of adaptation theory. The original text is analysed in the third part. This part deals with the background and specifics of the language of the documentary film Hexi Corridor. The fourth part deals with the difficulties encountered by the author in translation practice and the corresponding solutions adopted by the author. The translation difficulties are solved by five translation methods, namely transliteration, loan translation, substitution, interpretation, and adaptation.

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