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1、OnTranslationofEnglishandChineseMovieTitlesⅠ.IntroductionNidasays:“Translationconsistsinthereproductioninthereceptorlanguageofthemessageofthesourcelanguageinsuchawaythatthereceptorsinreceptorlanguagemaybeabletounderstandadequatelyhowtheoriginalreceptors
2、ofthesourcelanguageunderstandtheoriginalmessage”(刘宓庆，2003：41).Titleisthemostinformativepartofafilm.Asuccessfultranslationofitcanguidereceptorstothethresholdoftheoriginalmessage.Howcanthissuccessbeachieved?BesidesMr.LinYutang’scriteria,“faithfulness,flue
3、ncy,andbeautifulness”,whicharedevelopedfromMr.YanFu’s“faithfulness,expressiveness,andelegance”(马会娟，2003：28).Asanaudiovisualart,filmisoneofthemostinfluentialmassmedia,itfollowsandreflectspeople’slifeanditisaproductofculture.Thefilmtitle,beingshortinformb
4、utrichinmeaning,hasitsowncultural,linguistic,aestheticfeatures.Aproperlytranslatedmovietitleshouldbeconcise,condensedandcompact,whichcangriptheattentionoftheaudienceattheirfirstsightandstimulatetheirassociationwiththeplot,revealthethemeoroffersomeclue.S
5、otheydeservecarefulinvestigationandconsiderationfromthetranslator.However,asabranchofnon-literarytranslation,ithasnotyetreceiveddueattentiondespitetheirimportance.Hence,thispaperwilldiscussthepresentsituationoffilmtitle’stranslation,thensetouttwomethods
6、oftranslation,andasetofprinciplesfollowedbythetranslation,thensumupfilmtitle’stranslationshouldbecombinedwiththetranslationpractice,andcontinuallyimproveinthepractice.Howtotranslateafilmtitleintothetargetlanguagesuccessful?Ⅱ.Thepresentsituationoffilmtit
7、le’stranslation Theintroductionofforeignfilmsplaysanimportantroleinpromotingculturalexchanges,andenrichingpeople’sleisuretime.Butcurrently,thefilmtitletranslationremainsaproblematicissue.Astothesametitle,itoftenhasseveraldifferenttranslationsforoneEngli
8、shfilmtitle.TheMainlandChina,HongKongandTaiwanversionscanhardlyachieveunityinmostcases,whichmakesconfusionandinconveniencefortheaudience.2.1VersionsofthetranslationofmovietitlesinMainland,HongKongandTaiwanDuetothehistoricalandsoc
