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1、LiteratureReviewforFilmSubtitleTranslationofCrouchingTiger，HiddenDragonunderCultureTranslationTheoryZhangFengyiForeignLanguageDepartmentSubtitlingcandefinedastheprocessofprovidingsynchronizedcaptionsforfilmandtelevisiondialogue.Subtitles，sometimesreferredtoascaptions，

2、aretranscriptionsoffilmorTVdialogue,presentedsimultaneouslyonthescreen.Asubtitleisaprintedstatementorfragmentofdialogueappearingonthescreenbetweenthescenesofasilentmotionpictureorappearingasatranslationatthebottomofthescreenduringthescenesofamotionpictureortelevisions

3、howinaforeignlanguage.Inrecentyears，filmsubtitletranslationhasreceivedwideattention.ThispartprovidesarelativelycomprehensivereviewintheoriesofthetranslationofChinesefilmsubtitlingintoEnglish.Manyscholarsandexpertshavenoticedtheculturalfactorsthataffectfilmsubtitletran

4、slation，sotheyhaveattachedmuchimportancetoculturalfactorsintheprocessoftranslatingfilmsubtitle.Attheturnofthenineteenthcentury，thestudyofculturalanthropologysuggestedthatthelinguisticbarrierwereinsuperableandlanguagewasentirelytheproductofculture.Forthetranslationofcu

5、lturalfactors，“ifattemptedtotranslateitatall，translationmustbeasliteralaspossible”(Newmark45).Eugene.ANida，averyfamousAmericantranslationtheorist，emphasizes“closestnaturalequivalence”and“naturalnessofexpression”.Thatrequires“thetranslatedversionsshouldbeidiomatic，natu

6、ral，andeasytobeacceptedbyreaders，whichtendtolanguageisjustatooltocommunicate.Themorereadersunderstandthebetter.Inthiswaythecultureofthesourcelanguagewillsurrendertothesmooth”(Nida118).Forthat，theculturalfactorshiddenintheoriginaltextwillbeignoredHowever，healsosays:“tr

7、anslationconsistsinreproducingthereceptorlanguagetheclosestnaturalequivalentofthesourceoflanguage，firstintermsofmeaningandsecondlyintermsofstyle”(NidaandTaber12).TheculturalmeaningisoneimportantpartofChinesefilmsubtitling，whichcannotbeignoredanddepreciatedandneedstobe

8、translatedout.InQualityControlofSubtitles:RevieworPreview,HeulwenJamesillustratesthedifferentexpectationsofdifferentclientsn