A Comparative Study of Film Title Translation in Chinese Mainland， Hong Kong and Taiwan.docVIP

A Comparative Study of Film Title Translation in Chinese Mainland， Hong Kong and Taiwan 　　【Abstract】Due to different social systems， economic development and cultural phenomenon in Chinese mainland， Hong Kong and Taiwan， one foreign film title may generate into various translation texts. Therefore， “one country， three-translation” phenomenon has come into being. This paper， combined with Spiritual Resemblance， attempts to analyze this phenomenon so as to better promote the film title translation. 　　【Key words】Spiritual Resemblance； Film Title Translation； One Country； Three-Translation Phenomenon 　　Introduction 　　As the idol of the Chinese translation industry， Fu Lei thought translation can be described as drawing a traditional Chinese painting， the essence is Spiritual Resemblance， which has three levels of meaning： 　　1. Understand all details and spirit of the original text 　　2. Translate words and meaning in the target text faithfully and vividly 　　3. Reveal the original charm and aesthetics 　　However， because of historical， economic and other reasons， though Chinese is still many people’s first language in the mainland， Hong Kong and Taiwan， people’s habits of language use are not the same. Therefore， controversial phenomenon of film title translation always exists. 　　Respective Features of Film Title translation 　　Chinese Mainland： Faithfulness and Rigor， Prefer to Literal Translation 　　Straight and expressive， the translation text in Chinese mainland is full of literal translation： Pearl Harbor was translated into珍珠港Atonement into赎罪， but sometimes it lacks creative thoughts and ideas. Moreover， the audience’s English level is relatively low， therefore， a too exaggerated title may dispel their desire of watching. 　　In the process of translation， the faith to the original text has always 　　been firstly taken into consideration in Chinese mainland. As a result， the translation style is loyal and conservative， literal translation is the mainstrea