Abstract With the development of the globalization, movie has become an important culture media since December 28th, 1895, which can be accepted easily in intercultural communication. At the same time, more and more people pay close attention to the movie.27305
People know the movie title firstly. Although the title is just a little part of the movie, its translation plays a very important role. The translation of English movie title plays an significant role in deciding its box office. Since title is the eye of a movie, the movie title translation has an important effect on the spread of the movie and its study.
However, different translators will have different translations of the same movie title because of their own ideas, experience and knowledge. The thesis attempts to have a research on English movie title translation in terms of Peter Newmark’s communicative translation theory. This paper first analyzes the features of English movies, and then the function and importance of movie title translation are introduced to illustrate the examples of English movie title translation from the perceptive of communicative translation and semantic translation on the detailed study.
Key words: movie title translation       Peter Newmark       communicative       translation        semantic translation
摘 要电影产生于 19 世纪末，随着全球化的进一步发展，国际政治、经济、文化等各方面的交流沟通更加深入，如今的电影作为一种文化媒介，更容易在传播文化的过程中被采纳和吸收，越来越多的人开始关注电影。电影是文化传播中重要的一部分,因此,翻译质量的高低对电影的文化传播功能及其票房收入都有着极其重要的影响
电影片名的翻译虽然只是电影翻译的一小部分，但它是广大观众对电影了解的首要途径，对中国观众来说，英语电影片名的翻译很大程度上决定了他们对该电影的第一印象。很多观众会因为片名的吸引而选择去看电影，从而保证了票房的收入。
然而，在翻译过程中，由于译者所处的环境和他们的观点，经验及文化素养的不同，翻译出来的译名也会有所不同。彼得•纽马克的交际翻译理论可以很好的解决片名翻译的现状，本文将从纽马克教授的交际翻译理论出发，结合电影的特点、片名的功能及重要性，指出交际翻译和语义翻译两种翻译策略可以灵活使用在电影片名翻译中，展示交际翻译理论在英语电影片名翻译的重要指导作用。
毕业论文关键词：电影标题翻译     彼得•纽马克     交际翻译     语义翻译
Contents
Abstract    i
摘      要    ii
Contents    iii
Introduction    １
Chapter One General Information about Movie    ４
1.1 Genre of Movie    ４
1.2 Functions and Features of English Movie Title    ５
1.2.1 Functions of Movie Title    ５
1.2.2 Features of English Movie Title    ６
1.3 Importance of Movie Title Translation    ７
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework    ９
2.1 Communicative Translation    ９
2.2 Semantic Translation    １０
2.3 Comparison between Communicative and Semantic Translation    １０
Chapter Three Interpretation of Movie Title from the Perspective of Communicative Translation Theory    １２
3.1 Movie Title Interpreted by Communicative Translation    １２
3.1.1 Liberal Translation    １２
3.1.2 Adaption    １３ 从交际翻译理论看英语电影片名翻译:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_21770.html