电影片名翻译.ppt

Breaking News《大事件》 French Kiss《情定巴黎》 The Legend of the Fall《燃情岁月》 Gone with the Wind《乱世佳人》 My Best Friend’s Wedding《新娘不是我》 Transliteration Many films are named after people, places. Transliteration keeps the exotic specialties of foreign films. Creative translation Creative translation is to shake off the original title and make a fresh one based on the content of the movie. This method is adopted when neither literal nor liberal translation makes sense or appeal to the audience. Thank you Powerpoint Templates Page * * The business value of a film finds expression in its attractiveness to filmgoers, who tend to judge a film by its title. Therefore, the translation of a film is a decisive factor of its box office abroad. Today we will see what are the skills of film title translation. American film Seven literally should be translated into 《七》. However， it doesn’t make sense. In fact, “seven” is short for seven sins in western culture. This is a horror film describing seven deadly sins in religion. Powerpoint Templates The Skills of Film Title Translation Literal Translation Literal translation is frequently applied in film title translation. It can reproduce both form and content of the original in most cases. This method proves simple, feasible and effective when the title reflects almost exactly the original content of the film. Sometimes an adjustment of word order proves necessary to make the title concise and comprehensible to audience. BLACK SWAN Free translation Some films convey strong cultural flavor and use culture-loaded titles. On this occasion it’s hard to maintain the original form and meanwhile interpret the real meaning. Free translation is thus adopted to tackle this problem. 七宗罪 遇见未来 弦动我心 Casablanca 卡萨布兰卡 隔世情缘 盗梦空间 All the methods are indispensable and supplementary to each other. No single method can always work on any occasion. Translator must have a comprehensive understanding of the whole film including plot, theme and cultural back