Translation of English Film Title20

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1、TranslationofEnglishFilmTitleIntroductionWithChina’spolicyofreformandopening-uptotheoutsideworldanditsentryintoWTOandthestrengtheningprocessofglobalization,communicationamongnationsisbecomingmoreandmorefrequent,ofwhichculturalexchangeisanimportantpart.Asanimport

2、antmeansofculturalcommunication,filmsplayaveryimportantpart.Theyarealsooneofthemostimportantelementsintheworld’sculturalcommunication,whichcanberegardedasaneffectivewayofpromotingmutualunderstandingbetweendifferentcounties.Sincefilmtitleshavealwaysbeenputinaneye

3、-catchingplace,thetranslationofEnglishfilmtitlesbecomesmoresignificant.ThisthesismainlydealswithfilmtitletranslationfromEnglishintoChinese.Thetranslationoffilmtitlesisnotaneasyjob,butaverycomplicateanddifficultone.What’smore,manytaketranslationequivalenceasthetr

4、anslationcriterion,butmanyproblemscannotbesolvedbyjustfollowingthetraditionalequivalenceprinciple.ItisthestartingpointatwhichthisthesistriestooffersomeconstructivesuggestionsforEnglishfilmtranslation.ThisthesistakesGermanfunctionalisttranslationapproach,mainlySk

5、opostheorie,asthetheoreticalbasis.Skopostheorietakesthetargettextastheprimeprincipleguidingthetranslationaction,whichseestranslationasapurposefulactivity.Asanintentionalinterculturalcommunication,SkopostheoriecanbeusedasaguidelineforthetranslationofEnglishfilmti

6、tles.“Theendjustifiesthemeans”[1]isitsmostdistinctivefeatures,whichoffersmuchfreedomfortranslatorstouseasatisfactorymethod.Thisthesisiscomposedoffourparts.PartIisageneralanalysisofEnglishfilmtitles,discussingthefeaturesandfunctionsoffilmtitles.PartIIistheanalysi

7、soffactorsinfluencingthenamingofEnglishfilmtitles.Besides,thesetwopartsserveasthefoundationfortheanalysisofthefollowingtranslationstrategies.PartIIIistheliteraturereviewofGermanFunctionalistTheoryfocusingonSkopostheorie.PartIVoffersadetailedanalysisoftranslation

8、strategiesundertheguidanceofSkopostheories.Theconclusionsummarizesthewholethesisaswellasputsforwardsomesuggestions.23PartIAnalysisofEnglishFilmTitles1.1FeaturesofEngl