On Subtitle Translation of Verbal Humor in Young Sheldon from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence_英语论文

摘要

随着时代的发展，情景喜剧已成为大众娱乐文化中一个非常重要的部分，也是汲取知识的一个重要途径，近些年许多外来情景喜剧在我国流行起来，受众广且具有影响力。因此字幕翻译的重要性不言而喻，其既要注重影视本身的源文化，又要把握好字幕翻译的过程及策略。字幕作为影视文本的一种特殊类型，其翻译效果的传递往往受到诸多因素的制约。在情景喜剧字幕翻译时，幽默表达的翻译给译者制造了很大难题。虽然有关字幕文本翻译的研究持续增多，但是在有关幽默字幕翻译的领域微乎其微。 《少年谢尔顿》是如今流行出名的美剧《生活大爆炸》的前传，剧中有许多幽默的元素可以作为素材。在本文中，我们将对其中的对白进行分析，并基于奈达的功能对能理论 ，意在探求一些可行的情景喜剧幽默翻译中的翻译策略，并探讨如何运用功能对等理论将喜剧作品想要表达的幽默最大程度的呈现给中国观众。

关键词：《少年谢尔顿》 幽默字幕翻译 功能对等理论

Abstract

With the development of the era, sitcoms have become a very important part of the public entertainment culture, as well as an important way to acquire  knowledge. Many foreign sitcoms have become popular in our country, which have a great influence on many audiences. Therefore, the importance of subtitle translation is self-evident. Subtitle translation should focus on the source culture, translation process and strategy. The subtitle is a special kind of film and television text and the transmission of translation effect is often restricted by many factors. When dealing with the subtitle of sitcoms, the translation of humor has become a tough problem that translators need to deal with. Although research on subtitle translation has increased, there is little research on humorous subtitle translation. Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the hit TV show the big bang theory, is worth researching. In this paper, We analyze the dialogue based on Nida's Functional Equivalence Theory. We intend to explore some feasible translation strategies in the humor translation of sitcoms, and explore how to use Functional Equivalence Theory to maximize the humor of sitcom to Chinese audiences. 

Key words: Young Sheldon  the translation of humor in subtitle  Functional Equivalence Theory  

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1  Purpose of This Thesis 1

1.2  Significance of This Thesis 2

1.3  Research Method of This Thesis 3

1.4  Structure of This Thesis 4

Chapter Two  Literature Review 5

2.1  Introduction 5

2.2  Previous Studies of Translation of Humorous Elements 6

2.3  Previous Studies on Film and Television Subtitle Translation 7

2.4  Comment 8

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 9

3.1  Introduction 9

3.2  Definition of Functional Equivalence Thesis 9

3.3  The Significance and Application of Functional Equivalence Theory 10

3.4  Summary 11

Chapter Four  An Analysis of Subtitle Translation of Verbal Humor in

Young Sheldon under Functional Equivalence Theory 13

4.1  Introduction 13

4.2  Introduction to the Sample Sitcom Young Sheldon 14

4.3  App1ication of Nida’s Functional Equivalence Theory 14

4.3.1 Equivalence of lexical meaning 15

4.3.2 Syntactic Equivalence 18

4.3.3 Stylistic Equivalence 19

4.4  Comment 21

Chapter Five  Conclusion 22

Bibliography  

Acknowledgments