摘要：

随着全球化的进程，越来越多的外国电影进入中国人的视野，大多数中国人都是通过中译名来认识这些外国电影的。同样， 随着中国电影业的蓬勃发展， 越来越多的中国电影走出国门，走向世界，在世界各大电影节上占有越来越重要的位置。中国电影片名的外译十分关键。片名就像我们对一部电影的第一印象， 往往也是我们评价一部电影的关键。电影片名兼具审美价值和商业广告的双重功效。在电影片名的翻译中，我们既不能丢失原语所要表达的意思又要符合目标语的语言文化习惯。由此可以看出，电影片名的翻译是一项非常有意义且极具挑战性的事业。

关键词：电影片名翻译； 英汉互译； 翻译方法；目的论

Abstract：

With the development of globalization, more and more foreign films come into Chinese people’s vision. Meanwhile, Chinese movies also developed prosperously in the world film industry field. For most of the people, they first know a foreign film is from its title. Movie titles are like the first impression we have towards a film, we always choose a film from its title. We can see how important films’ title to those films. Therefore, while we translate one film title, we should not only carry the meaning conveyed by the original language but also keep in mind that it should conform to the target language’s cultural habits. So film title translation is a significant job as well as a great challenge for us. It also contains many translation skills and background information. Before, there are many researches on the features of film title translation, like linguistic feature, cultural feature, and commercial feature. There are also analyses of translation principles. For example, the informative value principle, the cultural value principle, the aesthetic value principle, and the commercial value principle. Approaches on the film title translation include literal translation, transliteration, free translation and creative translation. According to the skopos theory, film titles have both aesthetic and commercial value.

Key words: film title translation; E-C and C-E translation; translation approaches; skopos theory