A Study on the CSI Subtitle Reception of Korean Film Parasite Among Chinese College Students

Abstract

While the 2019 Korean film Parasite won four leading awards at the 92nd Academy Awards, no research has been conducted on the subtitle translation of CSI (cultural specific items) in this film in China and from the reception viewpoint. Against this backdrop, this study aims to examine the reception of CSI subtitle translation of this film among Chinese college students by using a structured questionnaire and a corresponding open-ended questionnaire and find out the underlying reasons for differences in reception among the students. After verifying the reliability of the questionnaire results via SPSS software, the paper analyzed the results and found that the subtitle translation of this film, in general, is easy to be accepted by Chinese college students, and the reason seems that the CSI subtitles adopt more TT-oriented translation strategies. In addition, some ST-oriented translation was generally not difficult to be understood by students with the help of multimodal assistance such as image assistance. The findings can provide some helpful translation guidance for other subtitles of this film.