英语本科毕业论文-The Principles and Techniques ofthe Translation of the English Movie Titles.doc

The Principles and Techniques of
the Translation of the English Movie Titles
Ⅰ Introduction
The movie is a kind of art, which interests both the old and young, appeals to both refined and popular tastes. It moulds personage's image with the lively picture, tells the story, expresses inner feelings, explains some reasons. It is a form loved by most of the people.
As China and Western cultural exchange is strengthened day by day, the movie es one of the international mass media, which spread far and wide. The movie in foreign language can enrich our audiences’ amateurish cultural life and promote the international culture artistic exchange. The movie title is the most brief, and centralizes the reflection of a movie.
Good titles add the finishing touch and attract the audiences. The quality of the translation of the movie titles has directly determined the fate of the film.
A good movie title can give an additional grace to what is already beautiful, and it has three functions:
1. Letting audience find out the main idea, and announcing the theme about the movie.
2. Strengthening audience’ desire to appreciate the movie.
3. Helping the audience to know whether this movie is a type of the film, which is liked by himself. Thus, it can save time in the course of choosing the film and reducing the trouble.
This text will proceed with current situation of the English movie titles, combining the characteristics of the translation of the movie titles, and analyzing the principles and techniques of translation of English movie titles, and then giving some advices.
Ⅱ Present Situation of the Translation of English Movie Titles
Despite the importance of movie titles, translators have not paid enough attention to their translation. The present situation of the translation of English movie titles allows of no optimism.
There have been very few good renderings since English movies first landed in
China. Whenever we refer to good renderings, it is always the few