复杂性理论视域下中文电影片名英译语境契合研究

Context Coherence of Translating Chinese Film Titles from the Perspective of Complexity Theory

基于中国商业电影片名中英文语料库(1984~2019)数据,对中文电影片名的英译方法进行分析,并运用复杂性理论对其实现语境契合的路径进行研究。实现中文电影片名英译语境契合的三条路径可以概括为:明确主题的具象化、效仿经典的模式化、突出特征的简洁化,这三条路径分别体现在片名的表达特征、构成形式以及所采用的词性上。

This paper builds up a corpus of Chinese-English titles of Chinese commercial films(1984-2019).On the data basis,this paper analyzes English translation methods by applying Holographic principle of the Complexity theory.Three methods for context coherence of English translation of Chinese film tiles have been summarized,namely themebased concreteness,simulation of classical naming style,and characterization-oriented simplification.The specific means of variation translation provides effective translation means and models for Chinese films successfully going global.