Intersemiotic Shifts in the Subtitle Translation of Journey to the West via a Multimodal Framework

Journey to the West is one of four famous Chinese classical works and it was reproduced into TV drama both at home abroad, which has aroused great concern. However, current studies mainly compare English translated versions with one, focusing on translation strategies for verbal texts or cultural level. Therefore, this study explores different kinds intersemiotic shifts in subtitle reasons that have caused these via a multimodal analytical framework. Ten episodes chosen according plots will be analyzed. Findings show there are six West. Image para-/non-verbal modes can supplement meaning expressed texts.