电影中粗俗语翻译的意识形态视阈--以《闻香识女人》的字幕翻译为例

Ideological Approach to Translating Coarse Languages in English Movies:A Study on the Chinese Subtitling of Scent of a Woman

以翻译研究学派的“改写”理论为切入点,从意识形态的政治、艺术、道德三个层面审视了意识形态对影片《闻香识女人》中粗俗语翻译的影响。指出,为了通过电影审查、迎合中国观众“文以载道”的艺术审美心理、遵循传统伦理道德,该片中的粗俗语都被淡化甚至“改写”,从而遮蔽了主人公中校放荡形骸的一面,对电影中中校的人物形象进行了重新建构,“改写”理论及意识形态对翻译的影响为电影字幕翻译提供了一个新的研究视角。

Coarse languages such as expletives and sex-charged taboos are not uncommon in English movie,Scent of a Woman.The impact exerted by ideology on Chinese subtitling for coarse languages in this movie is approached from perspectives of political,aesthetic and ethical constraints.It is pointed out that,to meet the requirement of censorship,appeal to the aesthetic norms and conform to ethical code of Chinese audience,the coarse languages,especially those by Frank are softened up or even rewritten,thus screening off a foul-mouthed Frank,and re-projecting the image of Frank.Meanwhile,the paper is intended to offer a new perspective for study of Chinese subtitling for English movies.