Translation of English Film Title

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1、Translation of English Film TitleIntroductionWithChina’spolicyofreformandopening-uptotheoutsideworldanditsentryintoWTOandthestrengtheningprocessofglobalization,communicationamongnationsisbecomingmoreandmorefrequent,ofwhichculturalexchangeisanimportantpart.Asanimporta

2、ntmeansofculturalcommunication,filmsplayaveryimportantpart.Theyarealsooneofthemostimportantelementsintheworld’sculturalcommunication,whichcanberegardedasaneffectivewayofpromotingmutualunderstandingbetweendifferentcounties.Sincefilmtitleshavealwaysbeenputinaneye-catch

3、ingplace,thetranslationofEnglishfilmtitlesbecomesmoresignificant.ThisthesismainlydealswithfilmtitletranslationfromEnglishintoChinese.Thetranslationoffilmtitlesisnotaneasyjob,butaverycomplicateanddifficultone.What’smore,manytaketranslationequivalenceasthetranslationcr

4、iterion,butmanyproblemscannotbesolvedbyjustfollowingthetraditionalequivalenceprinciple.ItisthestartingpointatwhichthisthesistriestooffersomeconstructivesuggestionsforEnglishfilmtranslation.ThisthesistakesGermanfunctionalisttranslationapproach,mainlySkopostheorie,asth

5、etheoreticalbasis.Skopostheorietakesthetargettextastheprimeprincipleguidingthetranslationaction,whichseestranslationasapurposefulactivity.Asanintentionalinterculturalcommunication,SkopostheoriecanbeusedasaguidelineforthetranslationofEnglishfilmtitles.“Theendjustifies

6、themeans”[1]isitsmostdistinctivefeatures,whichoffersmuchfreedomfortranslatorstouseasatisfactorymethod.Thisthesisiscomposedoffourparts.PartIisageneralanalysisofEnglishfilmtitles,discussingthefeaturesandfunctionsoffilmtitles.PartIIistheanalysisoffactorsinfluencingthena

7、mingofEnglishfilmtitles.Besides,thesetwopartsserveasthefoundationfortheanalysisofthefollowingtranslationstrategies.PartIIIistheliteraturereviewofGermanFunctionalistTheoryfocusingonSkopostheorie.PartIVoffersadetailedanalysisoftranslationstrategiesundertheguidanceofSko

8、postheories.Theconclusionsummarizesthewholethesisaswellasputsforwardsomesuggestions.21PartIAnalysisofEnglishFilmTitles1.1Featuresof