A Study of Subtitle Translation of Wild China from the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory_英语论文

摘要

纪录片是以现实生活为创作材料, 以现实事物为表达对象,用真实激发人们思考的一种影视艺术形式。纪录片独特的人文价值、文化特点使其字幕的翻译与其他影视作品区分开来。

《美丽中国》作为首部展示中国野生动物和自然文化景观的大型电视纪录片, 也是中央电视台 (CCTV) 和英国广播公司作品的第一部联合制作, 其字幕翻译具有特殊的研究意义和研究意义和价值。本文将以《美丽中国》的字幕及其官方译本作为研究对象, 以奈达的功能对等理论为视角, 探讨纪录片字幕如何根据功能对等理论进行翻译。

关键词：字幕翻译  功能对等理论  《美丽中国》 

Abstract

Documentary is a kind of film and television art form that uses real life as the creative material, the real thing as the expression object and the real thing to stimulate people to think. The unique humanistic and cultural feature of the documentary distinguishes the translation of its subtitles from other film and television works.

Wild China is the first large-scale TV documentary to showcase China's wildlife and natural cultural landscape. It is also the first joint production of CCTV and BBC's works. Its subtitle translation has special research significance and research significance and value. This article will select the subtitles of the Wild China and its official translation as the research object. From the perspective of Nida's functional equivalence theory, this paper discusses how the documentary subtitles are translated according to the functional equivalence theory.

Key words: subtitle translation  functional equivalence theory  Wild China

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background of This Thesis 1 

1.2 Significance of This Thesis 1 

1.3 Structure of This Thesis 2 

1.4 Research Method of This Thesis 3

Chapter Two  Literature Review 4 

2.1 Introduction 4 

2.2 Functional Equivalence Theory in Subtitle Translation 4 

2.3 Related Studies on the Translation of Wild China 6 

2.4 Comment 8 

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 11 

3.1 Introduction 11 

3.2 Development of Functional Equivalence Theory 11 

3.3 Principles of Functional Equivalence Theory 13 

3.3.1 Lexical and Syntactical Equivalence 13

3.3.2 Contextual Equivalence 13

3.3.3 Cultural Equivalence 14

3.4 Summary 15 

Chapter Four  Subtitle Translation of Wild China From the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory 17 

4.1 Introduction 17 

4.2 Subtitle Translation at the Linguistic Level 17

4.2.1 Adaptation Strategy at Lexical Level 18

4.2.2 Adaptation Strategy at Syntactical Level 20

4.2.3 Adaptation Strategy at Contextual Level 22

4.3 Subtitle Translation at the Cultural Level 24

4.3.1 Cultural Equivalence 24

4.3.2 Cultural Clash 26

4.3.3 Cultural Vacancy 28

4.4 Summary 30

Chapter Five  Conclusion 33

5.1 Major Findings of This Thesis 33

5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research 34

Bibliography

Appendices

Acknowledgements