A Study on the Chinese Translation of English Film Titles from the Perspective of Domestication and Foreignization Theory—A Case Study of Hollywood Films in the Past Five Years

Boya Zhang

Abstract


In today's continuous development of society, movies as a means of mass entertainment and a medium of cultural communication have been continuously integrated into people's lives. The translation of movie titles is the finishing touch, and it plays an important role in the dissemination of movie culture. This article mainly starts from the two translation strategies of "domestication" and "foreignization", combines theory with practice, discusses the application of "domestication" and "foreignization" in film Chinese translation, and analyzes the cultural dominance behind it.


Keywords


Cross-cultural translation, domestication, foreignization, English movie titles

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/mcs.v3i2.1382

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