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On Film Title Translation 英语毕业论文.doc

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PAGE  PAGE 16 On Film Title Translation Introduction With the improvement of modern life level, people have more requirements on movies. As is known to all, translation covers a wide area. There are brand name translations, shop name translation, person name translation and so on. Film title translation is a special field which has become a very popular topic in modern life. The film industry has developed by leaps and bounds nowadays, not only providing information to people concerned, but also offering entertainment to audiences. A great number of western films have been emerging in the mainland China, so most translators pay much attention to film title translation. Whether the film attracts potential consumers or not is mainly depending on how well the film title is translated. Therefore, the translation of film title is considered to play an important role in foreign markets which challenges a lot of translators. Before translating film titles, the translators should know the cultural background and language of the film, because the diversities of culture and language are the difficulties to translate film titles. This paper mainly talks about the western film title translation. In the first chapter, the author lists the importance of film title translation, which not only improves the cultural communication, but also stimulates people to learn foreign language well. The author also holds that film title translation can bring commercial contact closer between people. The next chapter mainly explains two constraints in the film title translation: one is culture, the other is language. In the third chapter, the author introduces three methods of film title translation with vivid examples including literal translation, free translation and transliteration. And the author also explores two fields of free translation explicitly: amplification, reduction. In the last chapter, it talks about the discussion of the literal translation, free translation and tra
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