顺应论视角下幽默翻译的原则―以摩登家庭为例.docVIP

顺应论视角下幽默翻译的原则―以摩登家庭为例 　　The Humour of Subtitling by Adaptation Theory： 　　Modern Family 　　ABSTRACT 　　【中图分类号】H31 　　In this dissertation， a brief summary of what has been discussed in this work will be presented. Besides， the author will conclude the major findings of the research and the limitations of this work. At last， some suggestions about the further study of The Chinese translation of English humour subtitle will be given. 　　The author attempts to probe into the humour subtitle translation from the perspective of Verschueren’s adaptation theory. Taking the verbal humour subtitles from Modern Family， a TV comedy debuted in 2009， as the study objects， the author also tentatively to prove the feasibility and applicability of this theory through analyzing the purpose and process of translation. 　　This paper focuses on the investigation of the verbal humour translation in the subtitles. Guided by the adaptation theory， the investigation could be conducted from four aspects： adaptation to contextual correlates， adaptation to structural objects， and dynamic adaptation in translation and salience in translation. Considering the study scope and purpose， the author implemented the study from the perspective of adapting to contextual correlates and structural objects. As for each perspective， the study has been conducted at different levels. Adaptation to communicative context includes adaptation to the physical world， mental world， personality traits and social conventions. While the structural objects covers language style， phonology lexis and syntax. In each section， humour subtitling examples from Modern Family are presented， and detailed systematic analyses are made. Finally a conclusion can be drawn that under the adaptation theory， actually the translation of humour subtitle is a process in which the translator continuously makes choice in words and translating strategies on the basis of adapting to contextual and structural elements of the source text.