从交际翻译理论看华语电影字幕翻译 ——以《英雄》为例

论文摘要

随着电影事业的发展和扩张,影视作品,作为一种大众文化,在跨文化交流中扮演着重要的角色,而影视翻译是进行此交流过程的关键因素。影视翻译作为一门新兴学科,亦成为翻译园地中愈来愈重要的领地,开始受到翻译界的关注。首先,影视翻译是文学翻译的一个重要分支,作为一门新兴学科的标志,必须构建自身理论体系。影视翻译研究理论系统的建立要依赖文学翻译理论,并结合其自身特点创建一套可供研究的理论体系。其次,在影视翻译实践中,由于电影有其自身特点,电影翻译必须兼顾这些特点。电影翻译基本分为三种类型:字幕翻译,配音和覆盖画外音。本文仅讨论国内影片翻译的主要形式—字幕翻译。在参研前人研究成果的基础上,本文运用纽马克的交际翻译理论作为指导讨论华语电影的字幕翻译策略。纽马克认为成功的翻译取决于交际效果的传达,以目的语和目的语读者为中心,使目的语读者能够最大程度获得源语读者的感受。电影字幕的翻译不仅要考虑到观众对源语语言结构差异和文化差异的接受问题,同时结合电影字幕自身特点(瞬时性,画音同步等)以达到源语电影与译语观众的有效交际;基于纽马克有效交际的论述,作者总结了指导电影字幕翻译的四原则,即易读原则,节减原则,等效原则,和概括原则;最后以国产电影《英雄》为例,分析以上四个原则如何体现在译者所采用的各种翻译策略中,以论证交际翻译运用于电影字幕翻译的可行性。本文的最终目的在于通过把纽马克的交际翻译与电影字幕特点相结合,为影视翻译理论体系的构建有一定的意义;另一方面,通过总结电影字幕翻译的原则和《英雄》字幕各种翻译策略,指导国产电影的字幕翻译实践,促进中国电影事业在海外市场的蓬勃发展。

论文目录

• 中文摘要
• ABSTRACT
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 RESEARCH BACKGROUND
• 1.2 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
• 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• 1.4 METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION
• 1.5 THESIS STRUCTURE
• CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION AND FILM TRANSLATION
• 2.2 STUDIES IN WESTERN COUNTRIES
• 2.2.1 Several perspectives of western researches on film subtitling
• 2.2.2 Some distinguished figures and their researches
• 2.3 DOMESTIC STUDIES OF FILM SUBTITLING
• 2.3.1 Studies on subtitling problems and strategies
• 2.3.2 Communicative translation theory and film subtitling
• 2.4 SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES AND PROPOSAL OF RESEARCH TOPIC OF THIS THESIS
• CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK-COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION THEORY
• 3.1 BACKGROUND OF THE THEORY
• 3.2 COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION THEORY
• 3.2.1 Translation methods depending on the purpose of translation.
• 3.2.2 Text-categories
• 3.2.3 Authorship and readership
• 3.3 THE FOCUS OF COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION METHOD
• 3.3.1 Reader-oriented translation method.
• 3.3.2 Communicative effect-emphasized translation method
• CHAPTER FOUR THE APPLICATION OF COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION IN FILM SUBTITLING
• 4.1 FEATURES OF FILM SUBTITLING.
• 4.1.1 Polysemiotic composition
• 4.1.2 Instantaneity
• 4.2 APPLICABILITY OF COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION IN FILM
• 4.2.1 The purpose of film subtitling
• 4.2.2 The text-category of the subtitle
• 4.2.3 The status of audience
• 4.3 FILM SUBTITLING PRINCIPLES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION METHOD
• 4.3.1 Comprehensibility
• 4.3.2 Economy
• 4.3.3 Equivalent effect
• 4.3.4 Generic principle
• CHAPTER FIVE A CASE STUDY
• 5.1 WHY CHOOSING HERO
• 5.2 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HERO
• 5.2.1 The story
• 5.2.2 The language.
• 5.3 LINDA JAIVIN AND SUBTITLING STRATEGIES IN HERO
• 5.4 ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC SUBTITLING STRATEGIES ADOPTED IN HERO
• 5.4.1 Strategies under the principle of comprehensibility
• 5.4.2 Strategies under the principle of economy.
• 5.4.3 Strategies under the principle of recreating equivalent effect.
• 5.4.4 Strategies under generic principle.
• 5.5 SUMMARY
• CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS.
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX
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