英语影视作品名称翻译处理方法毕业论文 定稿.doc

毕 业 论 文 On the Translation of English Film Titles 英语影视作品名称翻译处理方法 学院 专业 级 班 学生姓名 学 号 指导教师 职 称 完成日期 Abstract: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the great power of film title translation. The translation of western film titles is quite different from the translation of Chinese film titles. In the process of the translation, sometimes films titles will have different translations owing to the different translators. Because everyone has his own idea, experience and knowledge, the translation is sure to be different. Films are a very important part of cultural interchanges. Therefore, the culture of some countries is becoming a major content to present in the films. This paper points out the importance of the translation of film titles and calls on the translators to pay more attention to it. The art, commercial and social feature are characterized by the film titles. Translation isn’t a process to change one language to the other. Foreign audiences are more often than not to comprehend the original film titles. The Chinese audiences wouldn’t arouse sympathy when they see the original film titles. The paper makes an analysis of what people shouldn’t hold one-side view that the literal translation is good or the free translation is good. The literal translation and free translation ought to supplement and complement each other. These two methods must combine and use adjusting orders, adding or reducing some words of the original film titles to get the best results of the translation of film titles. Key Words: film titles; translation; target culture; source culture; principles; strategies 【摘要】本文的写作目的是说明电影片名翻译的力量。西片的片名不同于中国电影片名，在翻译的过程中，由于译者的想法、经验和知识不同，翻译也会有所不同。电影是文化交流非常重要的部分，所以，各国的文化成为电影中所要表达的内容。本文指出了电影片名翻译的重要性，并号召译者对其重视，其中艺术、商业、社会特征描绘了电影片名，那就是翻译不只是一种语言向另一种语言转换的过程；西方观众能一目了然的片名，中国人却不这么认为。本文分析了直译和意译的不同，这主要是由于文化的不同，并认为：不能片面地说直译好还是意译好，这两者是