title "Invictus" Obviously taken from our ancient proverb: Man proposes, God disposes. The title of the film swaps the front and back objects of the eight-character proverb, which means to emphasize the role of people's subjective initiative in determining the success or failure of the event. It is materialistic rather than idealistic, meaning that colleagues are human. The film also fit the theme, "Thank God for my unconquerable soul. I am the master of my fate! I am the captain of my soul!"
A translation of the title of
the movie title "Invictus" is a Latin vocabulary , Written as invincible in English celery, which means "invincible". It is quite appropriate for the mainland to translate it as "Achieved by People". At least it has a literary flavor compared to the Taiwanese translation of "The Undefeated Brave". This year, the mainland translations of two masterpieces are very surprising, one is "Shameless Bastard" and the other is "Damn League". "Damn Alliance" is considered a biographical inspirational film just like this one, and it's a good translation as "Devil Alliance". Although the straightforward translation of "Inglourious Basterds" fits the style of Quentin Tarantino's hooligan movie, if you don't know the big director, you will be discouraged when you first see the title, and it's not romantic enough. The translation of the film "Unscrupulous Bastard" is very coquettish and classical, which is both in line with the original purpose and expressive and magnetic. Comparing the high and low, it is said that the Hong Kong translation of "Xie Mo hits the murderer" really makes people take a breath of air and speechless.
Second, the translation of subtitles
Speaking of the translation of the title, let’s talk about the subtitle translation of this film. What I saw was the work of the translation team of the Yoyo Bird Forum. In the film, Mandela won the election and conducted a series of speech activities. Since it is an agitating speech, all over the world Similar to minor differences, the highlight of this office is that the subtitles team perfectly combined Mandela’s speech with China’s special-color society-hui-zhu-yi national conditions, such as announcing "Today, we black people stand up!" When dealing with racial conflicts and racial estrangement, we used "uniting all forces that can be united". When facing "don't take too much into consideration the voices and opinions of minorities", our Mandela kept pace with the times and said "we It is a sentence with the essence of the scientific outlook on development. In this way, let me, who was born in Si, grew up in Si, under the white envelope of red China, couldn't help but sigh three times with my palms. It’s no exaggeration to say that at the moment when China translates foreign original works, the so-called expert called the animal’s translation level is far below the level of our business translation team. The subtitle team does not count compensation, and only relies on passion, hobbies, and a group of young people. Coming together, selflessly dedicated to the vast number of movie fans and drama fans of their own works, this is the true spirit of "serving the people". The expert told the beast to wear high-level glasses, and I am afraid that what he saw was a banknote. Only when there is interest, there will be talent, and when there is passion, there will be a hot spot. Xiang obscurity, who has been shamelessly suppressed by the authorities, and at the same time pays tribute to the subtitle group and Lei Feng who convey advanced culture of value, long live the great subtitle group! The great subtitle group will be immortal and shine through the annals of history!
3. The three major slum countries
The entire film was shot in South Africa, mainly in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In 2009, South Africa is a country with a high exposure rate. The sensational effect of "The Ninth District" in film and television works is comparable to "Slumdog Millionaires" which made the Indian people completely popular on the Oscars. Therefore, in the author’s impression, the most powerful slums should be the three countries, the first is India, if you want to understand, please see "The Poor Rich", the second is South Africa, if you want to understand, please see "The Ninth District", and the third is Brazil. , Please move to "City of God" for peeping. The three are all shown through the most intuitive video works, which, in Mandarin speaking, deeply reveals the ugly dark side of capitalism. Row upon row, densely packed, it is really moving and shocking. Many people cannot help but be grateful: "The superiority of society, society, principle, righteousness, in the next life, if I reborn, I will still be born in China!" It is accustomed to it, and the leaders of the celestial dynasty are also most willing to see this kind of foreign realist film and television works. .
5. South Africa! South Africa!
The movie has greatly increased the popularity of South Africa. At the Green Stadium, next year's World Cup in South Africa will be a tangible excitement. In the World Cup qualifiers, group draws allowed football to become popular in 2009. Of course, slums and racial conflicts are also reproduced one by one in the film "Achieved by People". As for the football World Cup next year in 2009, this film also has a coincidence reference in another dimension. There is also a "World Cup next year" in the film. , Of course not the Football World Cup, but the Rugby World Cup, the same proposition: how far South Africa can go as the host of the World Cup next year.
Six, strong alliances
The director of the film, Clint Eastwood, has works such as "Mystic River", "Million Dollar Baby", "The Bridge of Last Dream", "The Unforgivable" and other works, all of which are regarded as classics. And Freeman, the old drama player, naturally doesn't need to say much. In reality, former South African President Nelson Mandela once said that only Morgan Freeman can play him. This amounts to a great authorization. Another star of the film, Matt Damon, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for "Mind Catcher" and is also a leader in Hollywood. So this film is not bad, this film is the third collaboration between Eastwood Code and Freeman after "Unforgivable" and "Million Dollar Baby". Such Qiang Qiang teamed up to work on a biographical inspirational film about a world-renowned figure. If selected for an Oscar nomination, it would be equivalent to last year's "Dialogue Nixon", telling the story of the president. The fly in the ointment is that the film is too long. 134 minutes should actually be compressed in 90 minutes. The pace has been increased accordingly. However, considering that Mandela was old when he was elected president, his speech and behavior would inevitably be slow, which slowed down the film as a whole. The speed of travel, so that the hot rugby confrontation scenes in the film look like slow motion.
Seven, unconquerable
movie and reality Mandela has repeatedly recite a poem, the poem written by very good, very inspirational. Attached here is a poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1875.
"Unconquerable"
Through the night covering me, I see layers of darkness stacked upon each other.
Thank God for giving me an unconquerable soul.
Even if I was held tightly by hell, I never shy away from pleading,
and I was hit hard by fate. My head was full of blood, but my head was raised.
Outside the world of anger and sadness, not only the shadow of terror stands tall,
but in the face of future threats, you will find that I am fearless.
No matter how narrow the gate of destiny is, no matter what punishment it bears.
I am the master of my destiny,
I am the commander of my soul!
2010-1-8
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