On the Subtitle Translation of Sherlock from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory_英语论文

摘要

看电影和电视剧已经成为一种大众化的娱乐形式。高质量字幕翻译不仅可以使影视作品更受欢迎，并且可以促进国家间文化交流。本篇文章以功能对等理论为理论基础，以著名的影视作品《神探夏洛克》字幕翻译作为研究素材，具体分析《神探夏洛克》中的字幕翻译例子是如何体现词汇和句子层面上的功能对等。然后在功能对等理论指导下，进一步提出一些适用于影视翻译的方法，主要包括归化法、增译法、减译法。希望这篇论文能使人们更加重视奈达的功能对等理论在字幕翻译中的指导作用。

关键词：字幕翻译  《神探夏洛克》  功能对等理论  翻译策略

Abstract

Watching movies and television series has already become one of most popular form of entertainment. High quality of subtitle translation can not only increase the popularity of the works, but also promote the cultural communication. Based on the theory of functional equivalence, the thesis chooses subtitle translation of the famous work Sherlock as material and analyzes its translation in detail to find out how the subtitle translation reflect functional equivalence at lexical level and syntactic level. Under the guidance of functional equivalence theory, the thesis puts forward some suggestive translation methods including domestication, amplification and omission. It is hoped that this thesis can call for more attention to the theoretical guidance of Nida’s functional equivalence in subtitle translation.

Key words: subtitle translation  Sherlock  functional equivalence  translation strategy

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1  Research Background and Singificance 1

1.2  Research Questions and Methodology 2

1.3  Thesis Structure 2

Chapter Two  Literature Review 4

2.1  Introduction to Subtitle Translation 4

2.2  Previous Studies on Subtitle Translation Abroad 5

2.3  Previous Studies on Subtitle Translation at Home 5

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 9

3.1  Development of Functional Equivalence 9

3.2  Major Points of Functional Equivalence 9

Chapter Four  Analysis of Subtitle Translation of Sherlock from  Functional Equivalence Theory 12

4.1  Brief Introduction to Sherlock 13

4.2  Functional Equivalence at Lexical Level 14

4.3  Functional Equivalence at Syntactic Level 15

4.4  Suggestive Translation Methods under the Guidance of Functional Equivalence Theory 17

Chapter Five  Conclusion 20

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