功能对等理论视域下以中国元素为主英文电影字幕翻译——以《功夫熊猫》为例-translation of english movie subtitles based on chinese elements from the perspective of functional equivalence theory - a case study of kung fu panda.docx

Chapter IINTRODUCTIONThe development of technology and the globalization result in great need in culture exchanges. Film, as an important culture form, is playing a more and more important role in culture exchanges, as well as language transference. Alvares said: Globally, this is the age of mass communications, of multimedia experiences and a world where audiences demand the right to share the latest text, be it film, song, or book simultaneously across cultures (Alvarez, 1996, P1). The film translation is important for the communication between different countries. Chapter one mainly serves to introduce the research background, research issues, research methodology and the thesis structure.Research BackgroundMulti-cultural exchanges between China and other countries have become increasingly frequent. Film, a mass media art indispensable to modern life, is flooding into China and its feature as a culture transmitter is becoming more and more prominent. Film was born in the West and has also got considerable development in China. Since the reform and opening up, China and many other countries have built cultural exchanges. In these exchanges, the film and television exchange accounts for a large proportion. Therefore, a new field of translation—— Film translation, also came into being despite the quality of film translation urgently needs to be improved.With the gradual deepening of reform and opening up, Sino-foreign cultural exchanges are strengthening continuously. Foreign films appear on our country’s screen more and more, and thus its translation scale is also growing. In recent years, with Chinas rising national strength and economic prosperity, film with Chinese elements is also becoming popular in theWest. The U.S. film companies have shot a lot of these films, such as Kungfu Panda（2008）,The Forbidden Kingdom（2009）, Mulan（1998） and so on, all full of rich Chinese elements.Owing to various historical and practical reasons, Chinas exploration of film translati