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1、TheEnglishVersionofMovieTitlesABSTRACT:Movietitlesplayanimportantroleinthepropagandaofthefilms.Nowadays,EnglishranksasthemostpopularlanguagethatalmostallfilmsfloodingtoabroadshouldhaveitsEnglishversions.Tilesshouldcontainthefeatures,suchasconveningthecontentoft
2、hefilm,explainingthetheme,layingthefoundationofemotionaltone,attractingaudiencesandbeingattractive,etc.CaringmuchabouttranslatingmovietitlesintoChineseisgood,buthavingagoodknowledgeoftheEnglishtitlescanhelpalot.ThusthisessaywillanalyzethefeaturesofmovietilesinE
3、nglish.KEYWORDS:titles,linguisticfeatures,commercialfeatures电影的英语片名摘要:电影片名在电影宣传中起着至关重要的作用。当今，随着英语的广泛流行，几乎所有打入国际市场的影片都有其英语版本的片名。片名应该包含传达影片信息，阐述影片主题，奠定影片感情基调，吸引观众和开拓创新等方面的功能效应。关注电影片名的中译固然重要，但对英语片名本身的研究也必不可少。本文将着重分析电影英语片名的特征。关键词：题目，语言特征，商业特征IntroductionInmodernsoc
4、iety,thecommunicationbetweencountriesismorefrequentlythanbefore,especiallythecommunicationbetweencultures.Asforthespreadingofculture,filmcanbethemostusefultool.However,Englishisconsideredtobethemostwidelyacceptedlanguage.Asaconsequence,mostfilmswouldhaveoneEngl
5、ishtitleattachestoitbeforeithasbroughttoforeigncountries.SincemoreandmorefilmshavefloodedintoChinesemarket,wehavemuchaccesstoadvancedforeignconcepts.ToEnglishlearners,theywouldeasilycaptureoneforeignlanguage.Buttoattractthoselearners,aswellasotheraudiences,thef
6、ilmtitleistheshortcutforchoosingafilm.Therefore,clarifyingthecharacteristicsoffilmtitlesinEnglishtranslationsisparticularlyimportant.ThemainfeatureofthemovietitleinEnglishissimpleandvivid.Althoughwecanseesomelongfilmtitlesoccasionally,themostofthemareshortandsn
7、appy.Englishtitlesofsomerhetoricaldevicesoftenused,suchasmetaphorandoxymoron,etc.,sothatthetitleisevenmorevivid.Inaddition,idioms,allusionsorslangsoftenappear.Therefore,thisarticlewillmainlyintroducelinguisticfeaturesandcreativedevicesinfilmswithEnglishtitles.1
8、.LinguisticFeaturesFirst,inviewofthestructureandexpression,mosttitlesarewithquiteconcise,simplestructure,andthatitmayappearsinaword,awordphraseorasentence.There’snostrictrul
