Yean Fun Chow
Biographic Data
| ID | 6546091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yean Fun Chow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yean Fun |
| FAMILY NAME | Chow |
| SIGNATURE | CHOW Y F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6480-1224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating Transborder Flows
The rise of streaming media platforms has provided regional films with unprecedented global visibility, fostering transborder flows and promoting cross-cultural understanding through cinema. This phenomenon has reshaped the global film industry, yet research on the transborder flow of Malaysian Chinese-language films remains limited, particularly regarding their positioning within transnational media platforms and audiovisual translation modes ut…
An Analysis of Explicatures in English -Arabic Subtitles
This study examines the presence of explicatures in subtitling, with a specific focus on the prioritization of different areas of explicatures in English-Arabic subtitles of the American sitcom Friends on Netflix. Sperber and Wilson (1986) introduced the concept of explicatures, which pertains to developments made by communicators to the explicit content of their utterances. This study utilizes Relevance Theory (1986) and Huang's (2014) explicatu…
The translator as an observant reader in the Story of the Stone from the perspective of aesthetic illusion and habitus
The classic Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng is renowned for portraying a verifiable world with various characters. Previous scholars of translation studies demonstrated a lopsided interest towards the translated Hong Lou Meng texts without highly considering the translator’s experience in perusing the original fiction. The current study endeavours to integrate narratology and sociological theory with translation studies by referring to The Story of t…
Impact caption translation on a streaming media platform
Impact captions are intra-lingual captions displayed onscreen with special typography to encourage viewers to think about onscreen content and immerse themselves in the programme. Normally, in audiovisual translation, some impact captions are translated as subtitles and placed at the bottom of the screen but most are not translated. Few academic studies have focused on impact caption translation. Through qualitative content analysis and comparati…
Manga Translation and Censorship Issues in Malaysia
In manga translation, when original image and written representations are regarded as inappropriate content to the target readers’ socio-cultural context, censorship is imposed. Nevertheless, research on censorship in manga translation in Malaysia has not been given due attention. Previous studies show that self-censorship influences translation, but it is not examined within the scope of manga translation. As such, the objective of this study is…
A social semiotic multimodal analysis of ateji translation in manga
Ateji (当て字) pertains to one of the unique uses of language in the manga that is constructed with two types of Japanese scripts. Its one-of-a-kind structure presents challenges in translation, but feasible solutions have hardly been explored. Drawing on ateji categories, social semiotic multimodal approach and translation procedures, this study performs qualitative content analysis to identify practical ways to reconstruct the closest meaning of a…
Reaching out to the readers
One of the most recognisable aspects of Japanese pop culture which has invaded Malaysia is the Japanese comic or manga. It appears in translation in both Malay and English in Malaysia. Taking into account its foreign origin and the fact that translated manga is targeted at a local readership, translators often resort to the use of notes in the translations in order to assist the readers. This study, thus, intends to examine the type of notes used…
A social semiotic multimodal analysis of ateji translation in manga
Ateji (当て字) pertains to one of the unique uses of language in the manga that is constructed with two types of Japanese scripts. Its one-of-a-kind structure presents challenges in translation, but feasible solutions have hardly been explored. Drawing on ateji categories, social semiotic multimodal approach and translation procedures, this study performs qualitative content analysis to identify practical ways to reconstruct the closest meaning of a…
Reaching out to the readers
One of the most recognisable aspects of Japanese pop culture which has invaded Malaysia is the Japanese comic or manga. It appears in translation in both Malay and English in Malaysia. Taking into account its foreign origin and the fact that translated manga is targeted at a local readership, translators often resort to the use of notes in the translations in order to assist the readers. This study, thus, intends to examine the type of notes used…
Manga Translation and Censorship Issues in Malaysia
In manga translation, when original image and written representations are regarded as inappropriate content to the target readers’ socio-cultural context, censorship is imposed. Nevertheless, research on censorship in manga translation in Malaysia has not been given due attention. Previous studies show that self-censorship influences translation, but it is not examined within the scope of manga translation. As such, the objective of this study is…
A social semiotic multimodal analysis of ateji translation in manga
Ateji (当て字) pertains to one of the unique uses of language in the manga that is constructed with two types of Japanese scripts. Its one-of-a-kind structure presents challenges in translation, but feasible solutions have hardly been explored. Drawing on ateji categories, social semiotic multimodal approach and translation procedures, this study performs qualitative content analysis to identify practical ways to reconstruct the closest meaning of a…
The translator as an observant reader in the Story of the Stone from the perspective of aesthetic illusion and habitus
The classic Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng is renowned for portraying a verifiable world with various characters. Previous scholars of translation studies demonstrated a lopsided interest towards the translated Hong Lou Meng texts without highly considering the translator’s experience in perusing the original fiction. The current study endeavours to integrate narratology and sociological theory with translation studies by referring to The Story of t…
Impact caption translation on a streaming media platform
Impact captions are intra-lingual captions displayed onscreen with special typography to encourage viewers to think about onscreen content and immerse themselves in the programme. Normally, in audiovisual translation, some impact captions are translated as subtitles and placed at the bottom of the screen but most are not translated. Few academic studies have focused on impact caption translation. Through qualitative content analysis and comparati…
An Analysis of Explicatures in English -Arabic Subtitles
This study examines the presence of explicatures in subtitling, with a specific focus on the prioritization of different areas of explicatures in English-Arabic subtitles of the American sitcom Friends on Netflix. Sperber and Wilson (1986) introduced the concept of explicatures, which pertains to developments made by communicators to the explicit content of their utterances. This study utilizes Relevance Theory (1986) and Huang's (2014) explicatu…
Navigating Transborder Flows
The rise of streaming media platforms has provided regional films with unprecedented global visibility, fostering transborder flows and promoting cross-cultural understanding through cinema. This phenomenon has reshaped the global film industry, yet research on the transborder flow of Malaysian Chinese-language films remains limited, particularly regarding their positioning within transnational media platforms and audiovisual translation modes ut…
Art (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)