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ZHANG Haoxuan. Translating through Intersemiotic Translation Models: A Case Study of Ang Lee's Vishnu Imagein Life of Pi[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2022, 5(1): 141-169. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225109
Citation: ZHANG Haoxuan. Translating through Intersemiotic Translation Models: A Case Study of Ang Lee's Vishnu Imagein Life of Pi[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2022, 5(1): 141-169. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225109

Translating through Intersemiotic Translation Models: A Case Study of Ang Lee's Vishnu Imagein Life of Pi

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20225109
  • Received Date: 2021-04-30
  • Accepted Date: 2022-01-05
  • Though Roman Jakobson's concept of intersemiotic translation enables film to be discussed through the prism of translation studies, the binary verbumcentred paradigm of verbal to non-verbal transmission often neglects the non-verbal prior materials of film. To remedy this deficiency, these non-verbal materials will be rigorously investigated under the viewpoint of intersemiotic translation models. A multilevel system of intersemiotic translation models is proposed. This system consists of a hierarchy of two levels:culture and semiotics. In this system, each intersemiotic translation model is considered as a result of a cross-level combination that relates to a specific type of media system from a specific cultural system, representing a lens through which a culture is "looked at"(Chow 1995). It is postulated that filmmakers translate by employing intersemiotic translation models, through which they mediate their intersemiotic translations across cultures. This paper interrogates filmmakers' employment of intersemiotic translation models through a case study of Ang Lee's Vishnu image in his film Life of Pi. How Lee manifests such an image through the employment of intersemiotic translation models is discussed and illustrated with reference to the proposed system.
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