The study of mistranslation on the Chinese subtitles of Thai TV series “My Gear and Your Gown”

Abstract

This research paper is a systematically study on the translation of LGBTQ language, current teenage slang and swearwords in the Chinese subtitles of Thai TV series “My Gear and Your Gown” from the perspective of translation criticism .The research shows out some of the translation fails to overcome omission of the cultural information and rhetorical beauty, and leftover some regrets in the translation, which caused by the cultural differences between China and Thailand while these two cultures penetrate and absorb each other. Also, the translator lacks of full study for original author’s speaking and writing style before start the translation and did not communicate with director or author when encounter obstacles, more than that, the translation did not go through editing by an editor who is an expert in the field of Chinese-Thai languages and cultures. In another word, all the complication makes imperfection on the Chinese subtitles of Thai TV series “My Gear and Your Gown”.