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最新漫威电影对等翻译

东北师范大学人文学院

本科毕业论文

AStudyontheApplicationofEquivalenceTheoryintheEnglish-ChineseTranslationofMarvelFilmsScrip

从英汉对等理论角度浅谈漫威电影台词翻译

学生姓名：

指导教师：

崔丹

所在院系：

英语学院

所学专业年级：

2007级英语教育

中国·长春

2011年5月

TableofContents

Abstract（English）…………………………………………………………………..ⅰ

摘要（汉语）………………………………………………………………………ⅱ

1.Introduction…………………………………………………………………

1.1TheObjectiveandMethodologyofStudy………………………………..

1.2TheMarvelFilms…………………………………………………………..

1.1.1TheNecessityofMarvelFilms………………………………………

1.1.2TheFeaturesofMarvelFilms……………………………………….

1.3ThesisStructure…………………………………………………………….

2.LiteratureReview………………………………………………………………….

2.1TheE-CTranslation…………………………………………………………..

2.2TheEquivalenceTheory…………………………………………………

2.2.1TheDefinitionofEquivalenceTheory…………………………………

2.2.2ThePrinciplesofEquivalenceTheory………………………………

2.2.3Nida'sFunctionalEquivalence………………………………………

2.2.4TheOtherRelativeTheories………………………………………

3.TheScriptTranslationofMarvelFilms………………………………………

3.1TheCurrentSituationofMarvelFilms’ScriptTranslation…………………

3.1.1TheDemeritsofMarvelFilms’ScriptTranslation………………………

4.TheApplicationofEquivalenceTheoryintheEnglish-ChinedeTranslationofMarvelFilms’Script……………………………………

4.1TheExamplesEquivalenceTheoryofMarvelFilms’Script……………………

4.1.1EquivalenceinLanguage……………………………………

4.1.2EquivalenceinCulture………………………………………

4.1.3EquicalenceinStyle………………………………………

4.2TheDifficultintheApplication……………………………………

4.3TheSuggestionoftheApplication………………………………………

4.3.1BeFaithfultotheOriginalContent………………………………………

4.3.2HandleCultureCorrectly………………………………………

Conclusion………………………………………

workscited

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Withthedeepeningofglobalization,moreandmoreforeignfilmsgetintothegeneralpublic’svision.RegardingthathowtomakeChineseunderstandthesefilms,knowandunderstandexoticcustomandculture,thisneedsolvingthroughscripttranslation.Duetothelimitationoftimeandspaceaswellasdifferentculture,thereexistmanydifficultiesinscripttranslation.Manyscholarshaveexploredthestrategiesofscripttranslationandthespecifictranslationmethodsfromdifferentangles,suchasSkoposTheory,FunctionalEquivalenceTheoryandRelevanceTheory.

BasedonNida’sFunctionalEquivalenceTheory,thisthesisaimstoanalyzescripttranslationinanAmericanseriesofMarvelFilmsfromthefollowingthreeaspects:

language,styleandculture.Scripttranslationshouldfollowthethreeprinciplesoflanguageequivalence,styleequivalenceandculturalequivalence,dealingwithlanguageandculturetranslationinthespecificcontext.Besides,itishopedthatthetranslationstrategiesputforwardcanbehelpfultothepracticeofscripttranslation.

Keywords:

FunctionalEquivalenceMarvelfilmsscripttranslation

摘要

随着全球化的不断深入，越来越多的国外电影进入中国民众的视野。

如何让中国人看懂这些电影，知道并了解他国的风俗和文化，是剧本台词翻译需要解决的问题。

然后由于时空限制以及文化不同，剧本台词翻译也存在很多困难。

有不少学者从不同的视角来探究台词翻译策略和具体翻译方法，如目的论、功能对等理论、关联理论等。

本文运用奈达的功能对等理论，尝试对美国漫威系列电影中的台词翻译从语言、风格、文化三个方面进行研究。

台词翻译应当遵循语言对等、风格对等、文化对等三个原则，尽可能保留原剧所传递的幽默元素，处理好特定语境下的语言与文化翻译.此外，也希望本研究能对台词翻译的实践有所启示。

关键词：

功能对等理论漫威电影台词翻译

AStudyontheApplicationofEquivalenceTheoryintheEnglish-ChineseTranslationofMarvelFilmsScript

1Introduction

1.1TheObjectiveandMethodologyofStudy

Thispaperiscarriedoutundertheguidanceoffunctionalequivalencetheorytoanalyzesomeselectedtranslationversionofscripts,andthenrelatedstrategieshavebeenproposedtofulfillanefficienttranslation.ThedatarelevanttothestudyischosenfromthebooksonscripttranslationandwritingproducedbyauthorsfromChinaandabroad.Inaddition,thedatacollectedfocusesonthosewhicharemostcommonlycirculatedinourdailylife.

1.2TheMarvelFilms

1.1.1TheNecessityofMarvelFilms

Alongwiththeacceleratingprocessofglobalization,theculturalcommunicationbetweenChineseandWesterncountriesisbecomingmoreandmorefrequently.Withinthiscontext,alargenumberofwesternfilmsandtelevisionworksarefloodingintoChina,andgraduallybecomeanimportantwindowforouraudiencetounderstandtheexoticculture.However,comparedwiththetraditional“dubbedfilm”,theoriginalsoundfilmsandTVplaysbearsthecharactersofthefastpropagatespeed,andretainingoftheoriginalfilm’sinformationmoretruthfulandnaturalandotheradvantagestoshowforeignculture,whicharehighlyfavoredbytheaudience.However,becauseofthelimitationsandbarriersoflanguage,themajorityoftheaudiencecannotdirectlyenjoytheforeignmoviesforthetimebeing,sothesubtitlestranslationworkofthefilmsandtelevisionsisparticularlyimportant.

1.1.2TheFeaturesofMarvelFilms

MarvelFilmshavebeenwarmlywelcomedandhotlypursuedsinceitsintroductionintoourcountry.Basedonuniquedrawnandprominentpersonalitiesandhilarioushumorouslanguage,ithasattractedmoreandmoreChineseaudience,whichdeservedlyhasbecomethemostpopularandfavoritesitcomoftheworld.Regardingtothesuccess,itisthejointeffortsofthecreationandartisticcharmoftheworkitselfandtheloveofhumorofhuman.Besides,itisalsoinseparablefromthesuccessofaudiovisualtranslators’work.

Firstly,movietitlesmustbeconcise.Nomatterwhattypeofamovieis,asthefirstchanneltounderstandthemovieforaudience,itisusuallyonlyafewwords.“Conciseness"isaprominentfeatureofmovietitles.Alongmovietitlenotonlylostthecharacteroftitles,butalsomakesitdifficulttoberememberedbytheaudience.Secondly,movietitlesmustbeeasytobeunderstood.

Themovie,asamassmedia,facesalargenumberofaudienceswhoaredifferentinage,occupationandeducationdegree,sothetitlesofmoviesmustbeeasytobeunderstood.Finally,movietitlesmustbevivid,attractive,abletoattracttheaudience'seye,andcanalsogivetheaudienceasenseofbeauty.

Themovieisaspecialartformofculturalproducts.Theexistenceofthemoviemustbeabletoreflectitspeople'swayofthinkingandculturalvalues.Differentlanguagedeterminesthedifferentwaysofthinking,behaviorandlanguageexpressionofdifferentpeoples.SomeEnglishmovietitlescomefromthelegendofitscultureortheadaptationofEnglishidioms.

Asakindofindustry,thereisnodoubtthatthefinalpurposeofamovieistoobtaincommercialprofit.That’swhyfilminvestorstryeverywaytoattractpeople’seyes.Theyracktheirbrainstoseekthehighcompetitivenessofthemoviemarketandputalotofmanpower,materialandfinancialresourcefromscripting,filmingtoshowing.Alloftheseinvestmentsmustberewardedfromtheboxofficeandfinallyobtainhighprofits.Therefore,movietitleshavethecommercialfeatureinevitably.

Justforthesakeofhighbenefitsfromtheirinvestment,theydidn’tevencaremuchaboutwhetherthetranslationofmovietitleshasdeviatedfromthethemeofthemovies.Mostofthetime,thoseimpropertranslationsarebeyondtheunderstandingsofthemajorityoftheaudiences.So,eventhenationalconditionshavebeentakenintoconsideration,itisnecessarytofindajunctionbetweenthemarketandart.Thetranslationofmovietitlesshouldpayattentiontoboththeartvalueandtheresponseofthemarket.

1.3thesisstructure

Basedonthissituation,thispaperintendstoexplorethetranslationofscripttranslationunderFunctionalEquivalenceTheorysoastoproposesomesuggestionsforthepracticeofsubtitletranslation,withacasestudyofMarvelFilmssubtitletranslationexamples.

Thisthesisconsistsoffourparts.Forthefirstpart,itcomestoanintroductionoftheresearchbackground,thepurposeoftheresearchaswellasthesignificanceofit.Besides,themethodologythatthewriteradoptsisalsointroduced.Parttwoisconcernedwithanoverviewofthetheoryframeworkoffunctionalequivalence,fromtheperspectiveofitsorigin,developmentandrules.Partthreeisthemainbodyofthispaper,whichanalyzesfilmsscriptinthelightoffunctionalequivalencetheoryandsomerespectivestrategieswillbeputforwardinthispart.Thefinalpartdrawsanaturalconclusionbasedontheaboveelaborationandproposessomerecommendationsforfurtherstudy.

2LiteratureReview

InordertohaveabetteranalysisofthescripttranslationinMarvelfilms,thisessayhascombinedtheresultsofresearchesbeforewithspecificscript,alsotranslationstrategies.

2.1TheE-CTranslation

Overaperiodofseveraldecades,thetranslationbetweenChineseandEnglishhaskeptemergingendlesslyandquicklywithChina’sentryintotheworld’scultures,whichhasexertedasignificantimpactonthemutualcommunicationbetweenChinaandotherforeigncountries.Atthesametime,withthecontinuousrisingofChina’sinternationalstatus,thestudyoftheE-CtranslationoffilmscriptwithstrongChineseconnotationsplaysanever-increasingroleinEnglishteachingaswellasacademicstudiesbothathomeandabroad.Apropertranslationoffilmscriptisespeciallysignificantinthecross-culturalcommunication.

TalkingaboutfilmEnglish,agreatquantityofresearcheshavebeendoneinthisfield.Asamatteroffact,filmEnglishfallsintothecategoryofESP（EnglishforSpecificPurpose）.Theyaresodifferentinstylisticfeaturesthattheyrequiredifferenttranslationstrategiesrespectively.Inthepastfewdecades,anumberofachievementshavebeenmadeinthefieldofthetranslationoffilmEnglish,itiswidelyrecognizedthattherearestillproblems,rangingfromtheignoranceofcontextandinflexibilityandChinglish.Therefore,thereisst