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1、浅谈英文电影片名的翻译I.Introduction?WiththeincreaseinculturalexchangesbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld,especiallywiththeWesterncountries,themoviehasgraduallystoodoutasanimportantmediaofcommunicationinitsownright.Movietitlesarealwaysthefirstthingthattheaudiencecomestoknowaboutnewmovies.Thusar
2、ightchoiceofmovietitletranslationisofgreatimportancetothesuccessfulreleaseofamovie.Aproperly-translatedEnglishmovietitleintotheTLcanfulfillthefollowingfunctions:1.Providinginformationaboutthestoryfortheaudiencebysummarizingthemainplot,revealingthetheme,orofferingsomeclue.2.Addingat
3、tractiontothemovieandstimulatingtheaudience’sinterestanddesireforviewing.3.Savingtroubleforthecinema,theaudience,filmreviewersandotherresearchworkersintheirpublicity,choiceofviewing,commentsandstudies.Asabranchofnon-literarytranslation,thetranslationofEnglishmovietitles,likemanyoth
4、erformsofnon-literarytranslation,hasnotyetreceiveddueattentiondespitetheirimportance.PeterNewmarkhascalledonthetranslatorstobringtheirattentionto?“twounderplayedaspectsoftranslation”,oneofwhichis?“theapproachtonon-literarytranslation.”Nidaalsocalledformoreattentiontoexploringnewfie
5、ldsintranslation.Thispaper,basedonananalysisofthepresentsituationofEnglishmovietitletranslationandthecharacteristicsofEnglishmovietitles,willintroduceprinciplesandtechniquesofEnglishmovietitletranslation.II.PresentSituationofEnglishMovieTitleTranslationDespitetheimportanceofmovieti
6、tles,translatorshavenotpaidenoughattentiontotheirtranslation.ThepresentsituationofEnglishmovietitletranslationallowsofnooptimism.A.OnlyafewgoodrenderingsTherehavebeenveryfewgoodrenderingssinceEnglishmoviesfirstlandedinChina.Wheneverwerefertogoodrenderings,itisalwaysthefewtitlesthat
7、jumpintoourmindimmediately---WaterlooBridge(魂断蓝桥),TheBathingBeauty(出水芙蓉),SoundofMusic(音乐之声),LegendoftheFall(燃情岁月),MadisonCountyBridge(廊桥遗梦),AWalkintheClouds(云中漫步),etc.?Amongtheserenderings,manyweretranslateddecadesago,suchasthefirstthree.Inrecentyears,therearerelativelyfewergoodren
8、deringswhiletherearemorecr