Title: Skopos-theoretic Approach to Movie Title Translation
Abstract: Because of the characteristics and specialties of movie title translation,traditional translation theories are unable to justify it, and cannot explain its adding,omitting and transforming.However,Vermeer's Skopos theory considers translation as intentional,tries to realize the expected function of text in the target culture and grants translators more freedom.In this thesis,with the guide of Skopos theory,the author will discuss some possible ways in the translation of movie title,basing on an analysis of the stylistic features,audi- ence and target culture.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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