美版甄嬛传英文介绍.ppt

Empresses in the palace The?most?popular?Chinese?TV?opera?series?of? 2012?would?undoubtedly be?Legend?of?Zhen ?Huan ,?which?depicts?a?fictional?power?struggle between?the?concubines?of?an?emperor?during ?the?Qing?Dynasty?(1644-1911).?The?red?hot?TV ?drama?not?only?swept?the?Chinese?mainland, Taiwan?and?some?Southeast?Asian?countries ?like?Singapore?and Malaysia,?but?it?is?now? marching?into?the?US?market。 It is said that the company will re-edit??the?opera?into?six?episodes, ?each?of?which?will?last?from?90?minutes?to?two ?hours,?and?some?new?music will?be?added. It?remains?to?be?seen?how?much?a?favorite?among?Chinese?viewers?will?be?accepted? by?foreign?audiences Obviously, the result turns out it is a failure. The red?hot?TV drama only got one star! Legend?of?Zhen?Huan?faces?many?hurdles?ahead.? In?the?foreign?market,?Chinese?TV?dramas?may? arouse?sympathy?among some?Asian?people?for?their? similar?cultural?background.?But?for?other?foreigners?with ?completely?different?cultural backgrounds,?they?bring ?in?more?strangeness than?recognition.?Furthermore,?the? translation?may?erase some?traditional Chinese ?culture?elements ?and?undermine?its?historic?significance. 小主 Young Mistress 华妃Consort Hua 贱人Bitch 皇后Empresses