OntheTranslationofEnglishMovies’TitlesAuthor:ZhangJuanSupervisor:WangYueliAThesisSubmittedasaPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementfortheDegreeofB.AinEnglishCollegeofInformationEngineeringFuyangTeachersCollege,AnhuiProvinceMarch,2009学位论文关于奥斯卡最佳影片奖片名的翻译章娟（200822010627）指导教师姓名职称单位阜阳师范学院信息工程学院专业名称师范英语申请学位级别学士学位授予单位阜阳师范学院2009年3月OntheTranslationofOscarBestFilms’Titles【Abstract】Foreignfilms,whichembodyvariouskindsofforeignculturalelements,makepossibleculturalexchangeviathevisuallanguage.Filmtitleinvariablybringsoutthethemeofthefilmandusuallyconjuresupaspecificimagepertainingtothefilmandleavesafirstimpressionontheaudience.ThisthesisattemptstopresentatentativepanoramaofthetranslationoftitlesofOscarBestPicturewinnersbyanalyzingthepossibilitiesandlimitationsoffilmtitletranslation,aswellasthetranslationmethodsadopted,suchassemantictranslationcommunicativetranslationandtransliteration,theunderlyingtranslationprinciplesandtheeffectsachieved.ThetranslationoftitlesofOscarBestPicturewinners,whichismosttypicaloftitletranslationofEnglishfilms,maybesupposedtoshedafloodoflightontheissueoffilmtitletranslation.However,thisthesisaimstobeprovocativeratherthanprescriptiveandbynomeanstosetrigidandsolidstandardsexclusivewithfilmtitletranslation.Hence,filmtitletranslationisobservedandexaminedfromsuchperspectivesastranslationadequacy,intertextualtranslationandtranslator’svisibility.Itisclaimedthat,fromsomeperspective,filmtitletranslationqualitymaybeindirectandperfectproportiontothevisibilityofthetranslator.【KeyWords】FilmTitles;TranslationAdequacy;IntertextualTranslation;TranslationQuality;Translator’sVisibilityI.IntroductionForeignfilmsare,inaway,aformofculturalexchangeviathevisuallanguage.However,thefilmdialoguesinthesourcelanguageseemtocauseaninsurmountablehindrancetothetargetaudience’sunderstandingofthefilm.Thismakeseitherdubbingorsubtitlingnecessarytoensurefullunderstandingonthepartofthetargetaudience.However,thetranslationoffilmt