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1.Introduction At present, people’s spiritual life has been greatly improved. Moreand more people seek the nourishment for their spirit in free time. Forexample, going to the movies. Film has a function as culture does. The translationof film title is very important. 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com A welltranslated title is an artifact. It not only gives audience an aestheticfeeling, but also promotes the film’s fame. paper51.com
Filmtitle is a trademark of a film. Many people, if not most, think thattranslation is very simple, in fact, it is very difficult. Film title is aquintessence of the film and contains the content of the film. It reflects the translator'sknowledge at the same time. In a lot of film's advertisements, the film titleis very eye-catching. Sometimes people go to the cinema due to the attractionof a good translated film’s name. http://www.paper51.com 2. FilmTitle 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 2.1The Functions of Film Title 内容来自www.paper51.com Filmtitle, which concludes the main idea of film, is a trademark of a film. It isgood for film’s propaganda development. People can acquire the senses ofenjoyment from film title. British translator theorist New Mark thinks thatlanguage has six functions: expressive function, information function, vocativefunction, metalanguage function, aesthetic function and communication function.（Roger T Bell P32）. 内容来自www.paper51.com Film’s title, as a result of the playwright-director’s hardworking, is a proper none. It is a high condensation for a film’s content, andit can arouse audience’s desire to go to the cinema. So the translation of filmtitle has information function, vocative function and aesthetic function. copyright paper51.com
Informationfunction is to show the content of the film to the audience concisely and makethem understand the film better, for example, the popular film in the world, ForrestGump was translated as《阿甘正传》. We can know that it is astory about a person whose name is Forrest Gump. This is the informationfunction of the film title. 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com Aesthetic function is to make audiences feel the pleasurefrom playwright-director preciseness in design and construction. Informationfunction and aesthetic function involve the services of vocative function.According to psychoanalysis, everyone has curiosity about new and amazed things. On the contrary, new things influence people easily.Vocative function is attracting and affecting audiences by film title. 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com |