目录

目　录

Abstract

内容提要

Chapter 1　Introduction

1.1　Motivation of the Study

1.2　Research Background

1.3　Research Hypotheses,Data and Objectives

1.4　Theoretical Framework and Methodologies of This Research

1.5　Significance of the Study

1.6　Structure of the Study

Chapter 2　Literature Review

2.1　lntroduction

2.2　AVT

2.3　Film Translation

2.4　Main Research into AVT in the West

2.4.1　Early Period of Studies

2.4.2　Period in which AVT Study Flourished

2.5　Research into Subtitling in China

2.5.1　AVT Study Prior to the Founding of the People’s Republic of China

2.5.2　New China Era

2.5.3　AVT Study in China

2.6　Cultural Awareness in Subtitling

2.6.1　Reconstruction of Cultural Image

2.6.2　Modification of Cultural Image

2.6.3　Transition of Cultural Image

2.7　Studying the Translation of Proper Nouns in AVT

2.8　Translating Chinese ldioms in AVT

2.9　Translating Archaisms in AVT

2.10　Studying Popular Language in Social Networks and Coinages (New Words) in AVT

2.11　Summary of the AVT Study Both in the West and in China

2.12　Problems of Subtitle Translation in China

Chapter 3　Creating a Bespoke Theoretical Framework

3.1　lntroduction

3.2　Polysystem Theory and Application

3.3　Considerations and Challenges for English to Chinese AVT

3.4　Despicable Me 1 as the Sample

3.4.1　Why Despicable Me 1

3.4.2　What Is About Despicable Me 1

3.5　Discussion on Gottlieb’s Typology

3.5.1　Expansion

3.5.2　Paraphrase

3.5.3　Transfer

3.5.4　Imitation

3.5.5　Transcription

3.5.6　Dislocation

3.5.7　Condensation

3.5.8　Decimation

3.5.9　Deletion

3.5.10　Resignation

3.5.11　Summary

3.6　AVT in a Globalized Context

3.6.1　Topical Concerns in the Study of Subtitling

3.6.2　Globalization

3.6.3　Localization

3.7　Conclusion

Chapter 4　Research Methodologies

4.1　lntroduction

4.2　Research Plan

4.2.1　Rationale of Corpus

4.2.2　Constructing a Parallel Corpus

4.3　Corpus-based lnvestigation

4.3.1　Testing the Effectiveness of the Data

4.3.2　Collecting the Data(https://www.daowen.com)

4.3.3　Testing the Corpus by Sample Data

4.4　Further Use of the Corpus

4.5　Questionnaire

4.5.1　Key Points of Carrying Out the Questionnaire

4.5.2　Description of the Questionnaire

4.5.3　Description of Respondents

4.5.4　Use of the Questionnaire

4.6　lnterviews

4.6.1　Interview Questions

4.6.2　Interviewees’ Background

4.7　Conclusion

Chapter 5　Discussion on the Length of Film Subtitles Translated into Chinese

5.1　Data Analysis on Related Short lnterviews

5.2　Data Analysis on Corpus

5.3　Data Analysis on Questionnaire

5.3.1　Data Analysis

5.4　Discussion on the Related lssues and Suggestions

5.4.1　Issues Leading to Inappropriate Length in the Released Translation

5.5　Conclusion

Chapter 6　Discussion on the Use of Traditional Chinese Expressions

6.1　Frequency of the Appearance of Chinese Traditional Expressions in the Data

6.1.1　Data Results from the Corpus

6.1.2　Discussion of the Results

6.2　Discussion on the Use of Traditional Expressions in the Current Data

6.2.1　Observations and Suggestions Regarding the Use of Traditional Expressions

6.2.2　Several Issues Appearing in the Current Data

6.3　Data Analysis on the Questionnaire

6.4　Data Result of lnterviews

6.5　Effectiveness of the Use of Traditional Expressions

6.6　Translator’s Translation Strategies in the Data

6.6.1　Typology Reflects on the Data

6.6.2　Two More Strategies

6.7　Conclusion

Chapter 7　Discussion on the Translation of Popular Expressions

7.1　Frequency of the Use of Popular Expressions in the Data

7.1.1　Corpus-based Results

7.1.2　Identifying the Effectiveness of Using Popular Expressions in E-C Subtitle Translation

7.2　Strategies for Translating Popular Expressions

7.2.1　Observations on the Used Strategies and Popular Expressions

7.2.2　Suggestions on the Translation of Names in Modern Chinese

7.3　lssues Regarding the Use of Popular Expressions

7.3.1　Number of Inappropriate Uses of Popular Expressions in the Data

7.3.2　Suggestions Concerning Three Main Issues

7.4　Further Evaluation of the Corpus Data Results

7.5　Data Result of lnterviews

7.6　Data Analysis on Questionnaire

7.7　Suggestions on Collecting and Keeping Up to Date with Popular Expressions

7.8　Conclusion

Chapter 8　Conclusion

8.1　Findings

8.1.1　Result of the First Hypothesis

8.1.2　Result of the Second and Third Hypotheses

8.1.3　Main Issues in the Given Data

8.2　Recommendations

8.3　Potential Contribution

8.4　Limitations and Future Study

Bibliography

Interviews

Appendixes

Appendix l

Appendix ll

Appendix lll