2025 National College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program: Innovation Training Project — “A Multimodal Perspective on the Translation of Chinese IP in Animated Films for Global Distribution” (Project No.: 202510165001) 2024 Ministry of Education Industry-Academia Cooperative Education Program — “Enhancing Translation Technology Competence Among Faculty in Normal Universities in the Digital Intelligence Era” (Project No.: 241000630133002)
Published: September 30, 2025
Article history: Updated on June 17, 2026
Abstract
Based on the theoretical framework of visual grammar under multimodal theory, this paper focuses on the multimodal coordination mechanism of Chinese animated film dubbing translation, explores the translation strategy of sound and visual resonance, and helps the international communication of Chinese animated films. It is found that dubbing translation needs to match the narrative and concepts in the representational meaning, and achieve the consistency of semantics and visual logic through language rhythm and cultural translation; echoing the contact relationship, social distance and attitude tendency in the interactive meaning, the coordination of interpersonal and visual context is maintained by means of tone and sound processing. The focus of the meaning of collaborative composition, auditory enhancement and semantic echo function, to achieve the unity of information structure and visual hierarchy. The multimodal collaborative translation strategy summarized in this paper provides practical guidance for the dubbing translation of Chinese animated films, so as to enhance the international discourse power of Chinese animated films and help the con-struction of a strong film country.
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How to cite this paper
Sonic-visual Resonance: A Multimodal Study of Dubbing Translation in Chinese Animated Films under the Framework of Visual Grammar
How to cite this paper: Hao Chang, Xiao Wang. (2025). Sonic-visual Resonance: A Multimodal Study of Dubbing Translation in Chinese Animated Films under the Framework of Visual Grammar. Translation and Foreign Language Learning, 1(2), 247-256.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/tfll.2025.09.007