中文电影字幕英译过程中的文化缺省及其补偿 ——两部国际获奖影片字幕个案分析

论文摘要

本文从文化视角对中文电影字幕的英译进行了较为全面的探讨。作者把研究的重点放在了文化缺省台词的补偿,这一电影字幕翻译中颇具难度的问题上。文化缺省指的是“作者在与其意向读者交流时对双方共有的相关文化背景知识的省略。”换言之,由于文化缺省现象的存在,在原文中对原文观众不言自明的事实,对译文观众,有时甚至对译者,则可能是莫名其妙的。语言和翻译中存在的这种现象会(严重)妨碍中西之间的跨文化交流。由于文化缺省因素严重存在于汉英这两种差异很大的电影字幕翻译中,必须对此种缺省进行翻译补偿,以实现其交际及审美目的。鉴于此,本文作者将首先对文化缺省的基本特征及其影响因素进行阐述；之后,在奈达功能对等理论的指导下,应用归化与异化两种翻译策略对在国际上取得巨大成功的两部中国电影《霸王别姬》与《卧虎藏龙》中的文化缺省台词进行了研究并分析其中成功与不够成功的文化缺省台词之翻译。最后,经过仔细的理论研究和对译例的透彻分析,本文作者特别强调了提高译者的跨文化意识以及规范电影字幕翻译过程的重要性。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Research Background
• 1.2 Research Questions
• 1.3 Thesis Structure
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Characteristics of Subtitle
• 2.1.1 Defining subtitle
• 2.1.2 The technical properties of film subtitle translation
• 2.2 Brief History of Film Translation
• 2.3 Film Translation Studies Abroad
• 2.4 Film Translation Studies in China
• Chapter 3 Culture, Cultural Default and Film Translation
• 3.1 Language and Culture
• 3.1.1 The Definition of Culture
• 3.1.2 The Classification of Culture
• 3.2 The Relationship between Culture and Film Translation
• 3.3 Basic Concepts of Cultural Default
• 3.3.1 The Definition of Cultural Default
• 3.3.2 Cultural Default Factors
• 3.3.3 The Communicative Value of Cultural Default
• 3.3.4 The Aesthetic Value of Cultural Default
• 3.4 The Need for Compensation
• Chapter 4 Functional Equivalence Applied to Film Translation
• 4.1 The Definition of Translation Equivalence
• 4.2 Interpretation of Functional Equivalence
• 4.3 Functional Equivalence vs Formal Equivalence
• 4.4 Principles for Producing Functional Equivalence
• 4.5 Application of Functional Equivalence to Subtitle Translation: Its Feasibility and Neccesity
• 4.5.1 Content vs. Form
• 4.5.2 The Focus on the Receptors
• Chapter 5 Compensation for Cultural Default in Film Subtitle Translation
• 5.1 Translation Strategies Explained
• 5.2 A Brief Introduction to the Two Films
• 5.3 Detailed Discussion of Translation Methods Applied
• 5.3.1 Compensation by Integration & Compensation in a Parallel Location
• 5.3.1.1 Specification
• 5.3.1.2 Paraphrasing
• 5.3.1.3 Generalization
• 5.3.1.4 Condensation
• 5.3.2 Compensation with the Same Device
• 5.3.2.1 Imitation
• 5.3.3 Compensation in Difference
• 5.3.3.1 Simplification
• 5.4 Some Inadequate Translations
• 5.5 Suggestions for Cultural Default Translation
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• 6.1 The Summary of the Present Study
• 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions
• Works Cited
• Appendix Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅱ
• Appendix Ⅲ