中西方思维差异对影视作品翻译的影响.docx

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中西方思维差异对影视作品翻译的影响

南通大学

毕业设计（论文）

题目：

中西方思维差异对影视作品翻译的影响

姓名：

指导教师：

专业：

南通大学外国语学院

2012年6月

TheImpactofChineseandWesternThinkingDifferences

OnScreenTranslation

by

UndertheSupervisionof

SubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirements

fortheDegreeofBachelorofArts

SchoolofForeignStudies

NantongUniversity

June2012

摘要

本文介绍和分析了中西方思维差异对影视作品翻译的影响。

通过对中西方影视作品翻译的研究，我们一方面可以培养自己的探究技能，另一方面也可以探究在影视作品台词和翻译的对比之中所体现出的中西方思维的异同，从而避免误解，正确理解他国的文化。

本文通过研究影视作品中台词和翻译之间的异同，探索其所体现的中西方思维的差异。

首先，本文从文化的角度研究中西方在思维方式上的差异，探讨这些差异的由来及其演变。

然后，对比中西方影视作品中常见的翻译中体现的差异。

最后，分析中西方思维差异在影视作品翻译上的体现。

关键词：

中西方，思维差异,影视作品，翻译

ABSTRACT

ThispapergivesabriefintroductionandanalysisoftheimpactofChineseandWesternthinkingdifferencesonthescreentranslation.ThroughthestudyonthescreentranslationbetweenChineseandwestern,ononehandwecancultivateourresearchskills,ontheotherhandwecanalsoexplorethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofworksinthetranslationthatinfilmandtelevisionworksandcontrastreflectsofChineseandWesternthinking,soastoavoidmisunderstanding,andgetacorrectunderstandingofothercountry'sculture.Throughthestudyoffilmandtelevisionworksandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesoftranslation,weaimtoexploretheChineseandWesternthinkingdifferences.Firstofall,thisarticleexploresthesedifferencesintheoriginandevolutionfromtheangleofcultureofChineseandwesterninthedifferencesinwaysofthinking.Then,pointsoutthecontrastbetweenChineseandWesternmovieandtelevisionworksinthecommontranslationdifferences.Finally,makesananalysisofChineseandWesternthinkingdifferencesinthetranslationofmovieworks.

Keywords:

ChineseandWestern,thinkingdifferences,filmandtelevisionworks,translate

Acknowledgements

Thispapergrewoutofmypreparationformonths.Iwouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltgratitudetoallrespectableteacherswhohavetaughtandhelpedmeduringtheprocessofmythesis.

Specialthanksgotomysupervisor.Hehasbeenavailableatalltimeswithahelpfuladviceandahelpinghandthroughoutmywholewritingprocessofthethesis.Hehasprovidedmewithinstructiveguidanceinmodifyingthetopic,inpreparingthematerialpertinenttothetopicandinwritingthethesis,andhaspaidgreatpatienceinreadingandrevisingtheentiremanuscript.Withouthispatience,generoushelpandadvice,Iwouldneverhavebeenabletobringthisthesisintolight.Hiseruditionandstrictnessasasupervisor,kindnessandconsiderationandtoleranceasafriendmakemystudymorethanmeaningful.Inaword,itishisprofoundknowledgeandinsight,andconstantstrictnessandkindunderstandingthathelpsmeovercomingmanydifficulties,masteringbasicwritingskills,andformingmyownideals,whichconsequentlyhaveenabledmetofinishthisthesis.

Inaddition,Igivemyheartfeltthankstomydearfriendswhohaveaccompaniedmethroughoutthefouryearsattheuniversity,sharingsadnessandhappinesswithmeandteachingmealot.Ishouldacknowledgeadebttothosewho’sidealorworkhasbeenadoptedinthisthesis.

Contents

1.Introduction

1.1Thecurrentsituationofthescreentranslation

Withtherapiddevelopment,theworldlinkedmoreandmorecloselytoday.Thefilmandtelevisionworkstoday,asaglobalandpopularmedia,inadirectandrapidway,isareflectionofthethinkingdifferenceinthedisseminationandcommunication.UnderstandingthedifferencesofChineseandWesterninthinkingwilldogreathelptounderstandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenforeignlanguageofboththeoriginalscriptandthelatertranslations.

1.2Thehistoryofthestudyonfilmandtelevisionworks

Studiesonthescreentranslationfieldinitialedinthewesterncountries,andnowtheexpertswhoareactiveintheforefrontofthefieldaremainlywesternscholars,especiallytheEuropeanresearchers.Ivarsson,aSwedensubtitletranslator,publishedSubtitlingfortheMedia:

AHandbookofanArt（Ivarsson,1992）.ThisbookcanbesaidtobethefirstcomprehensivestudyofsubtitletranslationofbookinEurope,andinthebook,Ivarssondescribesindetailthesubtitletranslationtechnologydevelopment.Theexperiencethattheauthorlongengagedintranslationpracticemakesthebookintranslationskillsandotheraspectsone-upmanship,andhastheoreticalvalueandpracticalvalueatthesametime.In1998,withthehelpofCarroll,Ivarssonpublishedthesecondeditionofthebook,addingmanystrategiesandskillssuchasdigitaltechnologyandothernewtechnologiesunderthescreentranslationintothebook,andthetitlewaschangedtobemoreneutralasSubtitlingatthesametime.Ivarssoncanbesaidtobetheclearleaderofthescreentranslationfield.Thescopehisresearchinvolvesisdeepandwide,Hisstudyarequiteaccomplishedatthepointontheclassificationofthetranslationmodel,thestrategiesandskillsofthescreentranslation,andtheaudienceofscreentranslationandsoon.

1.3ThescreentranslationinChina

Chinastartedlatecomparedwithwesterncountries,thenumberofrelatedpapersandmonographsofthescreentranslationcanbesaidtobemuchrarer.ProfessorQianShaochang,fromSchoolofJournalismandCommunicationofShanghaiInternationalStudiesUniversity,isoneofthemostfamousscholarsinthefieldofmediatranslation,andhepublishedthepaper"FilmTranslation-GrowingImportanceofTranslationField"in2000andcalledforthetranslationfieldtogiveattentiontothescreentranslation.Inthispaperhepointedouttheimportanceofscreentranslation,thein-depthanalysisofthefilmlanguageandliteraryworksandwrittenlanguagedifference,andsummarizesfivecharacteristicsofthelanguageaboutfilmandtelevisionwork.Theyarethecharacteristicoflisten,thecharacteristicofcomprehensive,thecharacteristicofmoments,thecharacteristicofpopularandthecharacteristicofwithoutinjection.Andbasedonhisexperienceformanyyearsoftranslation,heputforwardthesevenexperiencestothescreentranslation.Hebelievesthatinfilmtranslation,toachievethegoalof"Fluency"isofthemostimportanceamongthe"Honesty,FluencyandElegancy".

1.4Significanceofthestudy

Translationasaconversionactivityfromonelanguagetoanotherlanguage,itinnatureisnotonlyakindoflanguageactivity,butalsoakindofthinkingactivity.InthelonghistoricalprocessofChineseandWesterndevelopment,ithasformedgreatdifferencesonthewayofthinking.Thisdifferencehasoftenbeenoverlookedintheconversionprocessofthetwolanguages,anditmakesthetranslationtobeobscurity,orevenmistake.Therefore,understandingtheChineseandWesterndifferencesinthinkingisofgreathelptounderstandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheoriginalscriptandlatertranslation.

2.ChineseandWesternthinkingdifferences

Thinkingdifferencesrefertotheexpressionssharedbydifferentcountriesbutimplyingdifferentconnotation.Althoughhumanbeingshavethesamebiologicaldrive,theykeeptheirownuniquewayoflife,setofmindandvalueswhichareshapedbytheiruniqueexperienceincertaincircumstances.

2.1Differencesinvalues

Valuesarethedefiningexpressionsofthinking.Theyexpressinwordsanddeedswhatisimportanttothinking.Valueisthebedrockandenduringofthinking.Itcannotbechangedquicklyoreasily.Thinkofvaluesastheverystrongandrigidfoundationonwhichmutableattitudesrest.Attitudesare,inturn,influencedbyvalues,aswellasbymanyothersources.

Obviously,translationhastobeconsistentwithvalues,butcannoteasilyorquicklychanges.Whattranslatorsshoulddoistomakethetranslationsconsistentwiththevaluesofapeople.Iftheyarenot,theywillbelikelyrejected.

Manyarguethatthebest（mosteffective）translationsarethosethatbestexpressandaffirmcorethinkingvalues.Forexample,oneAmericancorevalueisindividualism,orthepredispositiontovaluetheindividualoverthegroup.ItisatthecenterofAmericansocialidentity.Translatorsthatcelebrateoraffirmthisvaluearemorelikelytosucceedthantheonesthatdenigrateorignoreit.

2.2Differencesinviewpoints

Peopleallholdaviewofthemselves.Chinesethinkinghasthemonismviewpointandthewesternthinkinghasthepluralismviewpoint."Natureandhumanareinoneness"isoneofChinesephilosophyconceptsinChinesetraditionalthinking.Itinsiststhatnatureandhumanshouldbeinharmony.ContrarytotheChinesethinking,thewesternthinkinginsistsontheviewofpluralism.Itemphasizesonthechangesanddifferencesofthematter,self-development,andenterprisingspirits.

SomeChinesetranslatorsmeettheculturepsychologyofChinesepublic,andcreatesomepreferabletranslationwords.Theyshowtheideasinwesternvaluesystemthatpeoplecanchangeeverythingandpeoplecancreateeverything.Thetranslationsmanifestthebeliefthatpeopleshouldpursuitthefreedomandself-development,andcreatethefuture.Theseexpressionssatisfytheconsumers'personalitydevelopmentandarousetheagreeableresponses.

2.3Differencesinauthority

Authorityworshipistheproductofstate.Becauseofpowerconcentrationundermonarchthathadreignedforthousandsofyears,Chinesehaveastronghierarchicalnotion.Fromtheangleofthe"Honesty"oftranslation,thisattitudeismainlyembodiedinauthorityworship.

2.4Differencesinnationalcharacterandaestheticstandards

Differentnationshavedifferentcharactersandtemperaments.Peopleoftenchooseseveralkindsofanimalsorplantsa