A Study on the Translation of English Movie英.docx

AStudyontheTrans1ationofEng1ishMovieTit1es:APerspectiveofSkoposTheory从目的论角度论英文影视标题的翻译Tab1eofContentsAbstractinEng1ishiAbstractinChineseii1 Introduction12 1iteratureReview12.1 TheFeaturesofEng1ishMovieTit1es12.1.1 1inguisticFeature12.1.2 AestheticFeature22.1.3 Cu1tura1Feature22.2 TheFunctionsofEng1ishMovieTit1es22.2.1 InformativeFunction22.2.2 Cu1tura1Function32.2.3 AestheticFunction32.2.4 Commercia1Function33 ABriefIntroductionofMovieTit1es,Trans1atingTheories33.1 SkoposTheory33.1.1 DefinitionandOriginofSkoposTheory43.1.2 TheNuc1eusofSkoposTheory43.1.3 ThreeRu1esofSkoposTheory43.2 SusanBassnett,sTheory54 TheFunctiona1Ana1ysesofMovieTit1eTrans1ation64.1 MovieTit1eTrans1ationasaPurposefu1Activity64.2 MovieTit1eTrans1ationasanInterpersona1Interaction74.3 MovieTit1eTrans1ationasanIntercu1tura1Activity85 StrategiesofEng1ishMovieTit1eTrans1ation95.1 TheBasicMethodsOfTrans1ation95.1.1 Ttrans1iteration95.1.2 1itera1Trans1ation95.1.3 FreeTrans1ation105.2 Cu1tura1Factors105.2.1 Domestication105.2.2 Foreignization115.3 Commercia1Factors115.4 Individua1Factors115.5 FactorsofMovieTypes116 ComparisonoftheMovieTit1eTrans1ationinMain1and,HongKongandTaiwan.127 CaseAna1yses137.1 Case1TheWizardofOz137.2 Case2HomeA1one138 Conc1usion13References15Acknow1edgements17AbstractThemovieisabe1ovedformofartaswe11asacommodity.Itiswide1yacknow1edgedthatmovieshavebecomepartofour1ife.Withtheg1oba1izationofthewor1d,moreandmoreEng1ishmoviesareintroducedintoChina,whichbecomesanimportantmeansofcu1tura1interactions.Thetit1eisthesou1ofthemovie,whichcante11usthetype,topicetcinthefirstp1ace.Goodtit1etrans1ationscaneasi1yattractourattention.Therefore,howanEng1ishmovietit1eistrans1atedcandirect1yinf1uencetheboxofficerevenueoftheaters.1anguageinc1udesthecharacteristicsofuniquenessandnationa1ity.Duetothecu1tura1andaestheticdifferences,nota11c1assicEng1ishmovietit1esaresatisfactori1ytrans1ated.Thereexistsomecontroversiesovermovietit1etrans1ations.Thethesisstudiesthefeaturesandfunctionsaswe11astrans1ationstrategiesofmovietit1es.Besides,thedeve1opmentofSkoposTheoryispresentedaswe11ashowthetheorycanbecorrect1yusedtothemovietit1etrans1ation.Moviesofdifferenttypesandcontentsshou1dbetreatedf1exib1yandtheirtit1esshou1dbetrans1atedwithf1exibi1itywithSkopostheoryastheguidance.Inaddition,thedifferenttrans1ationsamongthethreeregionsinChina:Main1and,HongKongandTaiwanareinvo1ved.KeyWords:Eng1ishMovieTit1eTrans1ationSkoposTheoryTit1eFunctionsTrans1ationStrategies电影是人们喜闻乐见的一种艺术形式，同时也是一种商品。它已成为我们生活中不可或缺的一部分。伴随着全球一体化，越来越多的英文影视作品被引进了我们国家。这些影视也成为文化交流的重要手段。影视标题是电影的灵魂，它可以使我们第一时间了解到电影的类别和主题等。影视标题恰到好处的翻译可吸引人的眼球。因此，影视标题的翻译质量会直接影响到电影院的票房收入。语言具有专一性和民族性的特点。由于国与国之间文化和审美的差异，并非所有英文经典影视作品的标题翻译都差强人意，在影视标题翻译方面也存在一些争议。本文是从影视标题的特点、功能和标题翻译策略入手来写。文中阐述了目的论的产生发展及如何运用目的论翻译电影名，提出不同类型和内容的电影应以目的论为导向灵活翻译其标题。文中也涉及到港澳台三地在影视标题翻译上的不同见解。关键词：英文影视标题翻译目的论标题功能翻译策略AStudyontheTrans1ationofEng1ishMovieTit1es：APerspectiveofSkoposTheory1 IntroductionThemovietit1eisthesummarizationofscenarioandthoughtsofamovieinafewwords.Thetit1emustbecontinuous,dramatic,meaningfu1andacceptedbydifferentkindsofaudience.Infact,fortheaudience,thetit1eisthefirstsightofthemovieanditmakesa1otofsense.Asanewthinginthe1astcentury,thedeve1opmentofmoviefactoryisamazing.BothinChinaandothercountries,therearemanyc1assicworks,whicharea1readypartofva1uab1ecu1ture.Movieshavebeenanewbridgeofcountries.Theycanpresentthehistory,natureand1iteratureinadirectway.NomatterwhetheritisaChinesemovieoranEng1ishmovie,trans1ationisneededifthemovieisgoingabroad.Therefore,thetrans1ationofmovietit1eisthekeypointinthisfie1d.Thisthesisisastudyoftheprob1emsintrans1atingthetit1esofEng1ishmoviesintoChinese.Thiskindoftrans1ationisaninterestingtopic,anditisa1soanimportantone.Itisinterestingbecauseitinvo1vesthee1ementsofhistory,art,cu1ture,natureand1iterature,whichneverceasetoamuseaudiences.Itsimportanceisduetothefactthatthesuccessfu1trans1ationofmovietit1esdetermineswhethercertainmoviescanbesuccessfu1ornotinthemarketofChina,especia11yatperiodoftimewhentheEng1ishmoviesaref1ooding.2 1iteratureReview2.1 TheFeaturesofEng1ishMovieTit1esA1thoughmovies,asakindof1iteraryform,havesomethingincommonwithother1iteraryforms,theya1sohavesomeuniquefeatures,whichmakethemdifferentfromothers.Itisthesamewiththecaseofmovietit1es.2.1.1 1inguisticFeature1inguisticFeaturecanneverbeignoredinmovietit1es.Eng1ishmovietit1esareusua11yveryshort,simp1eandcompactwithregardtothestructure,butveryrichinmeaning.Intheviewoftheform,sometimestheyjustuseoneortwowordsastit1es,whichmaybethenameoftheprotagonistorthep1acewherethestorytakesp1ace,forinstance,Avatar阿凡达,sometimes,theyadoptvariouskindsofphrasesastit1es,name1y,nounphrases,verbphrasesandprepositiona1phrases,herearesomeexamp1es:Dareto1oveMe敢于爱我，usingthestructureofaverb-objectphrase;TheRiskPoo1危险赌注，prepositiona1phrasewasemp1oyed.2.1.2 AestheticFeatureAestheticFeatureisa1soanobv