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1、OntheTranslationofOscarBestFilms’Titles关于奥斯卡最佳影片奖片名的翻译【Abstract】Foreignfilms,whichembodyvariouskindsofforeignculturalelements,makepossibleculturalexchangeviathevisuallanguage.Filmtitleinvariablybringsoutthethemeofthefilmandusuallyconjuresupaspecificimagep
2、ertainingtothefilmandleavesafirstimpressionontheaudience.ThisthesisattemptstopresentatentativepanoramaofthetranslationoftitlesofOscarBestPicturewinnersbyanalyzingthepossibilitiesandlimitationsoffilmtitletranslation,aswellasthetranslationmethodsadopted,suc
3、hassemantictranslationcommunicativetranslationandtransliteration,theunderlyingtranslationprinciplesandtheeffectsachieved.ThetranslationoftitlesofOscarBestPicturewinners,whichismosttypicaloftitletranslationofEnglishfilms,maybesupposedtoshedafloodoflightont
4、heissueoffilmtitletranslation.However,thisthesisaimstobeprovocativeratherthanprescriptiveandbynomeanstosetrigidandsolidstandardsexclusivewithfilmtitletranslation.Hence,filmtitletranslationisobservedandexaminedfromsuchperspectivesastranslationadequacy,inte
5、rtextualtranslationandtranslator’svisibility.Itisclaimedthat,fromsomeperspective,filmtitletranslationqualitymaybeindirectandperfectproportiontothevisibilityofthetranslator.【KeyWords】FilmTitles;TranslationAdequacy;IntertextualTranslation;TranslationQuality
6、;Translator’sVisibility I.IntroductionForeignfilmsare,inaway,aformofculturalexchangeviathevisuallanguage.However,thefilmdialoguesinthesourcelanguageseemtocauseaninsurmountablehindrancetothetargetaudience’sunderstandingofthefilm.Thismakeseitherdubbingors
7、ubtitlingnecessarytoensurefullunderstandingonthepartofthetargetaudience.However,thetranslationoffilmtitlesisapeculiarpartoffilmtranslation.Filmtitleshowstheimportanttouchthatbringsthespecificworkoffilmarttolifeandleavesafirstimpressionontheaudience.Asthes
8、ayinggoes,firstimpressionsarehalfthebattle.Towinimmediateacceptability,intelligibilityandevenpopularityofthefilm,itisessentialtomakesurethatthetranslationofaforeignfilmtitlecreatesanimageofevocativepowerinthemindsof