从目的论角度浅析美剧字幕翻译-以《我们的生活》为例_英语论文

An Analysis of Subtitle Translation in This Is Us in Light of the Skopostheorie

摘要

随着时代的发展，国内外之间的文化交流方式越来越多样化。影视剧成为人类文化交流的沟通方式和重要载体。本文从目的论角度对影视作品的字幕翻译进行研究。目的论的特点是译文不一定完全对应原文而选择不同的方法策略达到翻译目的。

字幕翻译受时间和空间限制，所以要使用正确的翻译策略。本文以《我们的生活》为研究对象，从翻译目的论角度并结合目的论的三个原则分析字幕翻译，探讨译者在翻译中如何使用不同的翻译策略来满足观众的需要。

关键词：目的论；字幕翻译；《我们的生活》

Abstract

Nowadays, with the development of the times, the way of cultural exchange between China and other counties is becoming more and more diversified. Film and television drama has become an important means of communication and vehicle of human cultural exchange.    This thesis studies the subtitle translation of television works from the perspective of Skopostheorie. The feature of Skopostheorie is that the translation content does not necessarily correspond to the original translation but choose some different methods or strategies to achieve the purpose of translation.

Subtitle translation is also restrained by the space and time in which such activities take place. As a result, the translators can only intend to choose the most appropriate translation strategy to achieve the ideal results. This paper takes This Is Us as the subject of study, analyzes the subtitle translation from the perspective of Skopostheorie and in line with the three principles of Skopostheorie, analyzes how the translator utilizes different translation strategies to satisfy the expectations of the audience.

Key words: Skopostheorie; subtitle translation; This Is Us

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 Previous studies on Skopostheorie 2

2.2 Reviews on subtitle translation 3

3. The Application of Skopostheorie in Subtitle Translation in This Is Us 5

3.1 Skopos rule 5

3.2 Coherence rule 8

3.3 Fidelity rule 10

4. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 14