Language Characteristics for Foreign Movie Translation and Its Cultural Images.docx

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LanguageCharacteristicsforForeignMovieTranslationandItsCulturalImages

影视翻译的语言特点及文化意象的传递

LanguageCharacteristicsforForeignMovieTranslationandItsCulturalImages

Contents

Abstract……………………………………………………………………1

Keywords……………………………………………………………………1

I.Introduction………………………………………………………………2

II.Presentsituation…………………………………………………...…2

III.Introductiontothelanguagecharacteristicsinitstranslation……4

3.1Languagecharacteristicsincolloquialism………..…………………….4

3.2languagecharacteristicsinliprounding…………………………..…4

3.3Character’stemperamentandemotion…………………………………4

3.4Popularizationoftheversionlanguage……………………………..…..5

IV.Thelossandgainofconveyingculturalimages……………………...5

4.1Explanationoftheculturalimage…………………………………...5

4.2Recreatingofculturalimages…………………………………………6

4.2.1Conveyingtheassociativemeaningoftheculturalimage……………………6

4.2.2Conveyingthesymbolicmeaningoftheculturalimage.……….………….8

4.2.3Conveyingtherelativemeaningoftheculturalimage…………….9

V.Incompletenessandomissionsinconveyingculturalimages………10

5.1Incompletenessinconveyingculturalimages…………..……………….11

5.2Omissionsinconveyingculturalimages……………….………………11

VI.Thetranslationofpunsasspecialculturalimages……………...….12

6.1Chineseexamples………………………………………………….…12

6.2Englishexamples……………………………………………………..13

VII.Conclusion…………………………………………………………15

References…………………………………………………………..…...16

摘要：

　　随着影视文化的发展，影视翻译越来越受到翻译界的关注和重视。

影视翻译是翻译大家庭中的一员，由于外国影视作品中的文化和思维方式与中文迥异，影视作品的翻译必然受到跨文化交际的影响。

作为大众传媒的一个重要组成部分，影视翻译有其独特的语言特点，比如口语化，口型化，人物性格化，情感化和大众化等。

文章通过对外片中译的研究，从语言文化的角度来探讨电影翻译中文化意象传递的一些得与失。

另也谈到影视片中经常出现的双关语的翻译，译者需要用译入语进行阐释或重写，使之为观众所理解并接受。

关键词：

影视翻译；语言特点；跨文化交际；文化意象的传递；双关语翻译

Abstract:

Withthedevelopmentoffilmculture，filmtranslationhasattractedmoreandmoreattention.ThetranslationofforeignmoviesandTVprogramsisonepartofthebigfamilyoftranslationfield.BecauseofthequitedifferentpresentationbetweenforeignandChinesecultureandwayofthinking,itwillsurelybeaffectedbycross-culturalcommunication.Beinganimportantcomponentinmassmedia，therearesomepeculiarapproachesoflanguagecharacteristicsinitstranslation,suchascolloquialism,liprounding,character’stemperamentandemotionaswellaspopularization.AlsoItrytodiscussthelossandgainofconveyingculturalimagesinfilmtranslation,fromthepointoflanguageandculture.Forexample,theculturalimagessometimeshavetoberebuiltandareunsuitablyomitted.Andtheassociative,symbolicandrelativemeaningshavetobeconveyedperfectly,thattakestranslator’sefforts.Thelastpartofthispaperdiscussesthetranslationofpunsthatoftenappearsinfilms.Itismyexperiencethatpunsarevirtuallynottranslatable.IthinkallwecandoisjusttorewriteEnglishpunsintoChineseversionsthatcanbeunderstoodandhenceacceptedbyChineseaudience.

Keywords:

foreignmovieandTVtranslation;languagecharacteristics;cross-culturalcommunication;conveyofculturalimages;translationofpuns

.Introduction

ThetranslationofforeignmoviesandTVprogramsisonepartofthebigfamilyoftranslationfield.BecauseofthequitedifferentpresentationbetweenforeignandChinesecultureandwayofthinking,itwillsurelybeaffectedbycross-culturalcommunication.Beinganimportantcomponentinmassmedia,therearesomepeculiarapproachesoflanguagecharacteristicsinitstranslation.ThroughtheresearchontranslationofforeignfilmsandTVprograms,languagecharacteristicsincolloquialism,liprounding,character’stemperamentandemotionaswellaspopularizationhavebeenillustratedinmythesis.

IwillattempttodiscussthetranslationoffilmscriptsandTVdramascriptsfromculturaltranslationperspectiveandspecialrequirementsofthefilmsandTVtranslation.Iwillfocusonthenames,languagesandtheculturalfactorsoffilmsandTVtranslation.Translatorsshouldmakepositiveuseoftheircreativityintheirattempttoachieveculturalfunctionequivalencebetweentargettextsandsourcetexts.Thetargetcultureistheessentialfactorintranslation.Successfultranslationshouldbereaders-oriented.Thereceptivityfromtargetreadersshouldbeemphasized.HarmoniouspsychologicalreactionfortargetaudienceisalwaystheultimatecriterionoffilmandTVtranslation.

Withthedevelopmentoffilmculture,filmtranslationhasattractedmoreandmoreattention.Thisarticle,takingsomepopularexamples,analyzesthecharacteristicsandconstraintsoffilmtranslationfromEnglishintoChinese.Inaddition,IwillexploretranslationofEnglishpunsaswellasChineseones.

.Presentsituation

MoviesandTVprogramsareacomprehensiveartwithvideoandaudioelements.Nowadays,filmsplayanimportantpartinspreadingtheculture.Withtherapiddevelopmentofi