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1、AbstractThefilm,aparticularartwithbothartisticandcommercialvalues,isoneofthemostinfluentialmassmediawithlargequantitiesofEnglishfilmsbeingintroducedintoChina.Thefilmtitle,asanimportantpartofthefilm,isofreferential,expressiveandappellativefunctionsanditstranslationisachall
2、engingjob.Althoughfilmtranslationhasbeendevelopingquicklyinthepasttwoorthreedecades,filmtitletranslationisafarlessexploredfield.Uptillnow,nosystematicandfeasibletheoryonEnglishfilmtitletranslationhasbeenputforward.Actually,filmtitletranslationisveryproblematicinthatitisin
3、astateofdisunity.Fromtheaspectsofthefunctionsandskoposoffilmtitles,theauthormakesananalysisofthetranslationoffilmtitles.Skopostheory,anewlydevelopedtheory,isadoptedasthetheoreticalbackgroundofthisthesisandanaudience-orientedfilmtitletranslationapproachishighlyadvocated.Fu
4、nctionalismshedsnewlightsonthetranslationfield.Itreflectsashiftfromtraditionallinguisticandformaltranslationtheoriestoamorefunctionallyandsocio-culturallyorientedconceptoftranslation.Asakerneloffunctionalism,Skopostheoryholdsthattranslationisanintentionalaction,andtheskop
5、osistheprimeprincipletodeterminetheoveralltranslationalaction.AccordingtoSkopostheory,oneofthemostimportantfactorsdeterminesthepurposeofatranslationisthetargetreceiverswiththeirculture-specificbackgrounds,theirexpectationsandcommunicativeneeds.Moreover,functionalismgivest
6、hetranslatormuchmorefreedomthanever.Thetranslatorisencouragedtomakegooduseofthesourceinformationandenjoysthefreedomofchoosingwhatstrategytoachievetheexpectedfunctionsofthetranslation.Inthispaper,theauthorappliesthefunctionalistapproachestoexplainthephenomenaoffilmtitletra
7、nslation.ThepapermakesanintensiveandcomprehensivestudyofthetranslationofEnglishfilmtitles.ItprovestherationalityandapplicabilityofthefunctionalistapproachandprobesintothetranslationstrategiesoftranslationofEnglishfilmtitlesundertheguidelineoffunctionalism.3Keywords:Englis
8、hFilmTitleTranslation;FunctionalistTranslationTheory;TranslationStrategies;SkopsTheory;3摘要电影是一种集