美中电影标题特点与互译技巧的研究

论文摘要

当今时代,在美国商业大片深入我国市场的同时,我国的电影越来越走出国门为世界所关注。电影标题作为电影的重要组成部分,其翻译具有学术的和商业的研究价值。电影标题的翻译不属于传统的文本翻译,而是广告翻译,具有鲜明的创造性和灵活性。该论文从论述美中电影标题翻译的现状入手,分析总结了美中电影标题各自的特点,找出了互译的规律,并对具体的技巧加以详细地阐述和佐证。对电影标题翻译的译者提出了总体要求。此外还包括个案分析,即对一些已出现的电影标题的翻译进行分析,将前面所讨论总结的理论知识应用于实践,与实际相结合。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Abstract
• 摘要
• Introduction
• I. Nature of Film Title Translation
• A. What Is Translating?
• B. Literary Translation & Non-literary Translation
• C. Advertisement Translation
• D. Standard of Film Title Translation
• II. Present Situation of Film Title Translation
• A. Present Situation of American Film Title Translation
• 1. Traditional principles of English-Chinese film title translation
• 1) Literal translation
• 2) Adding or deleting elements when necessary
• 3) Combination of literal and free translation
• 2. “Contradiction”between the theory and the practice
• 3. Abandonment of the original title and adoption of a new one
• 4. Mistranslation
• 1) Misunderstanding of words
• 2) Misunderstanding of cultural information
• 3) Purposeful mistranslation
• 5. Different renderings for one and the same title
• 1) Caused by transliteration
• 2) Caused by dialects
• 3) Caused by different translating guidelines
• 4) Caused by individual creativity
• B. Present Situation of Chinese Film Title Translation
• 1) Heroes’or heroines’names as titles
• 2) Titles with cultural elements
• 3) Similarity to American film titles
• III. Characteristics of American and Chinese Film Titles
• A. Characteristics of American Film Titles
• 1. Brief and concise
• 2. Being to the point
• 3. More descriptive titles than allusive ones
• 4. Heroes’or heroines’names as titles
• 5. Heroes’or heroines’identity or status as titles
• 6. Settings as titles
• 7. Key object or element as titles
• 8. Nouns or noun phrases as titles
• B. Characteristics of Chinese Film Titles
• 1. Titles composed of at least two Chinese charactes
• 2. Words, phrases and sentences as titles
• 3. Typically four-character phrases as titles for foreign films
• 4. More descriptive titles than allusive ones
• 5. Strong classifying characters applied for foreign film titles
• IV. Principles of American and Chinese Film Title Translation
• A. Cultural Awareness
• B. Formal and Structural Awarene
• C. Faithfulne
• D. Innovation
• E. Combination of Commercial and Aesthetic Effects
• V. Techniques of American-Chinese and Chinese-English Film Title Translation
• A. Techniques of American-Chinese Film Title Translation
• 1. General classification of the techniques
• 1) Literal translatiation
• 2) Producing a new title
• 3) Combination of the original title and the plot
• 2. Concrete and specific techniques
• 1) Translating titles of heroes’or heroines’names
• 2) Translating titles of settings
• 3) Translating titles with metaphorical meanings
• 4) Translating titles with cultural meanings
• 5) Translating titles with religious meanings
• B. Techniques of Chinese-English Film Title Translation
• 1. Translating literally
• 2. Translating long titles
• 3. Translating sentence-titles
• 4. Translating heroo/heroine’s-name-titles
• 5. Translating settings-titles
• 6. Translating titles with cultural elements
• VI. Requirements for Translators
• A. A Comprehensive View of the Story Before Translation
• B. Familiarity with Both the English and Chinese Cultures
• C. Mastery of Both the English and Chinese Languages
• D. Flexibility and Creativity
• E. Consideration of the Advertising Function
• VII. Case Study
• Conclusion
• BIBLIOGRAPHY