On English Film Title Translation----- From the perspective of the Theory of Reception Aesthetics 英语专业毕业论文

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1、OnEnglishFilmTitleTranslation-----FromtheperspectiveoftheTheoryofReceptionAestheticsAbstract:ThepresentpapersetsouttoexplorethefilmtitletranslationfromEnglishtoChinesewithanattempttointroduceappropriatemethodsandtechniquesoffilmtitletranslation.ReceptionAestheticsisadoptedasthetheoretic

2、baseofthispaper.Filmisanartformlinkedwithafilmofcommercialization.Thetranslatedversionshouldhavebothculturalsavorandgoodcommercialappeal.Itshouldnotonlybefaithfultotheoriginal,butalsocatertotheaesthetictasteofthetargetlanguageaudiencesandsatisfytheirpsychologicalneeds.Thus,theaudience-o

3、rientedapproachismoreacceptableandfeasibletotheE-Cfilmtitletranslation.Keywords:filmtitletranslation,ReceptionAesthetics,theaudience-orientedapproach1.IntroductionWiththeprocessofglobalizationandtheincreasingexchangebetweenChineseandwesterncultures,therearemoreandmoreculturalcommunicati

4、onsaswellasculturalshocks.Film,asaspecialandimportantmediuminculturalexchange,hasbeguntoattracteverynation’sattention,andplaysanimportantrolebothasanaccesstotheforeigncultureandasasignificantwayofspreadingthenativeculture.TakingtheAmericanfilmsasanexample,theyhaveinfluencedtheworldwidep

5、eople’slifeinabroadway,especiallytheHollywoodfilms.Justasabookhasabooktitle,thefilmtitleisoftenthefirstfacethatafilmshowstotheaudience.However,unlikethetitleofthebooksornewspapers,thefilmtitlecannottelltheaudiencestheplotofafilmuntiltheybuytheticketsandgointothecinema.Forthisreason,thef

6、ilmtitleundoubtedlybecomestheinitialfactorthatattractsthem.ZhaoChunmei(1998)contendsthatthetranslatedfilmisakindofculturalproductandtosomeextentacommodity.Therefore,thetranslatedfilmtitlealsoplaysanindispensableparttomakesurethesuccessofthefilminthetargetlanguageculture.Awell-translated

7、filmtitleisabletoattractmoreaudienceinordertonotonlytoachievetheartisticvaluebutalsotofulfilltheboxofficevalue.InChina’s60-some-yearhistoryoftranslation,Englishfilmtitletranslationonceheldaveryimportantposition.ManyclassicEnglishfilmsattracttheChineseaudienceofdifferentagesandd