5. You were attacked by a little | (A.310 — p.XXXI) Anh đã bi một con
3.3.4. Hierarchical pronouns as a cultural feature
It is undeniable that Vietnamese personal pronoun system is typically different from English one. There are only seven personal pronouns in English, including J, you, we, they, he, she, it whereas the number of expressions for addressing one another in Vietnamese is much more varied. When translating “Rio”
into Vietnamese, the translator has had to deal with this difference in the way people address one another. The complexity of the Vietnamese addressingsystem causes difficulties to accurate translation; therefore, misunderstanding is inevitable.
The table below serves as an illustration.
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No. | Original version Translated version
1. TÌI take care of you. (A.26 — p.IIH) 7 sé lo cho cậu.
§. | Yeah. mean, if. (A.600—p.LXJ) A, vâng, ý cháu la..A...
9. Im going to make you look | (A.201— p.XXJ Tao sẽ làm mày thành quyên
irresistible. rũ không thê cưỡng lại nỗi.
10. | And J will be with you. (A.85—p.IX) Con đổi sẽ cùng di với cd.
11. | Twill make you ugly... (A435 —p.XLIV) Roi fa sẽ biến may...
12. | You're right, I’m not an ostrich. (A.1272 — p.CXXIX) Em da ding, anh khong
phải là đà điều.
13. | You're choking! Okay! All right! (A.961 — p.CXIX) Oi ôi... Anh bị nghẹn thiệt
kia!
14. | You're going in the wrong | (A.1086—p.CXD Chi di sa đường rồi...
direction. ..
15. | Well, anything sounds dumb when | (A.557 — p.LVD Dai ca cứ nói móc kiểu đó
you say it like that. nghe cái gi cũng ngu hết ấy.
16. | You and your amigo just want to | (A.613 — p.LXID) Minh với anh bạn đây chỉ
sneak off to carnaval. muốn lén đi dự lễ camaval chứ gi?
17. | Hurry, you two! (A.741 —p.LXXVŨ Hai dita nhanh lên nao!
18. | Butis itenough? J don't want (A.662 — p.LXVIII...nhưng như vậy có đủ
to feel like I'm cheating you. không? Tao không muốn choi x6 chứng mày.
19. | Andrecently, we found a female (A.744—p.VII) Và mới day, chứng tôi đã tìm ra một con mái.
20. | We just met. (A.233 — p.XXIV) Ta mới vừa gặp nhau thôi ma!
21. | We made a float (A.886 — FDF p.XCD Bon tao làm một chiéc xe diéu hanh.
22. | They really like you. (A.182—p.XVII) Chứng có vẻ thích anh lắm.
23. | Mom! They don't have kennels for | (A.38 — p.IV) Me a! Ho làm gi có cũi cho vet
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parrots chứ.
24. | Youcan't trust them. (A.272 - pXXVIII Anh không thê tin tưởng họ.
25. | Take them to Luiz, but hurry back. | (A.624—p.LXIV) Được rồi, đưa cd hai đến chỗ của Luiz đi. Mau về đó nha
26. | No. We can't let them get on that | (A.900 — p.XCII) Không. Không thê đê bon
plane. chúng lên chiếc máy bay đó được.
27. | Hey, Nico, he's a tourist! (A.154—p.XVI) E Nico, cha này là dan du lịch!
28. | Can he ride on the plane with us, | (A.898 — p.XCII) Cho nó lên máy bay với
too? chúng ta luôn được không?
29. | He's flying. (A.1281 —p.CXXX) Nó đang bay!
30. | Isshe a performer? (A.145 —p.XV) Ba ay là nghệ sỹ ha?
31. | No,no. She is in Brazil. (A.77 -p.VID 0, không, không, mó đang ở
Brazil.
32. | Hey. She likes you. (A.828 — p.LXXXV) Nay, con bé thích cậu đó.
This table presents illustrations in the use of personal pronouns in the original film and its rich translated variants. In the ST, 6 personal pronouns (J, you, we, they, he, she) have been used to describe the characters, while the TT employs 22 words. More specifically, there are 6 variants of the first pronoun 7 in the translated text (ở, cháu, tao, tôi, ta, anh), 9 variants of you (cậu, mày, em, anh, chú, đại ca, minh, hai đứa, chúng mày), 3 variants of we (chúng tôi, (chúng) ta, bon tao),
4 of they (chúng, ho, cả hai, bon chúng), 4 of he (cha này, nó), and 2 of she (bà ấy,
con bé). The reason for this variety is that Vietnamese has a very detailed system of hierarchy when addressing other people. Therefore, when translating a text into Vietnamese, especially dialogues, the translator has to be extremely careful and meticulous in choosing suitable pronouns or forms of address for each situation.
Through the illustrated examples, it can be stated that the translator has succeeded in applying complex Vietnamese addressing system to convey the meaning of the original text to make it reasonably familiar to Vietnamese.
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3.3.5. Borrowed words
The film translator has kept a few words in the original version instead of translating them into pure Vietnamese. These words can be illustrated in the table below.
No. | Original version Translated version
4. I have quadrated my vector | (A.115 — p.XID Minh vừa lam vuông angles. goc các góc vector.
5. Hey! He's not a maraca, stop | (A.594 — p.LX) Goạch...! Đó không phải
shaking him! cái trắng maraca. Bỏ xuông ngay!
6. I wanna party, I wanna samba (a.805 — P.LXXXII) Ta muôn vui choi, ta yêu samba
1. Yeah! I'm gonna pop that cage | (A.169 — p.XVII Tui sẽ làm cho cái
open like a soda can! lồng này mở toang như một can soda.