movie subtitle translation based on catford’s translation shifts theory

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1、MovieSubtitleTranslationBasedonCatford’sTranslationShiftsTheory　　【摘要】本文以?影《聚焦》为例，对约翰?卡特福德的翻译转换理论在电影字幕翻译中的应用进行分析。旨在证明该理论电影字幕翻译实践中的重要性和可行性，并为以后的字幕翻译实践提供一些理论基础和应用实例。　　【关键词】翻译转换理论字幕翻译卡特福德　　1.Introduction　　Subtitletranslationofforeignmovieshasbeenahotfieldforscholars.Nevertheless，afewpeopl

2、estudytheapplicationofCatford’sTranslationShiftstheoryinmovies’subtitles.ThispaperanalyzestheimportanceandpracticabilityofCatford’sTranslationShiftstheoryinthemovieSPOTLIGHTsubtitletranslation.　　2.TheoreticalFramework　　InfluencedbyHallidayandJ?R?Firth，Catfordexplains“TranslationShifts

3、”asaphenomenonoflinguisticformchangingintranslationprocess（LeiMu，1989：42）.Astotheterm“Shift”，Catford（1965：73）meansthedeparturesformcorrespondenceintheprocessofgoingfromSLtoTL.Also，hecategorizesthe“Shifts”astwotypes-LevelShiftsandCategoryShifts.　　2.1LevelShifts　　Catford（1965：73）thinkst

4、hat“LevelShifts”referstotheequivalentunitsoftargetlanguageondifferentlanguagelevels.Hementionsthatthesourcetextcannotbereplacedbycompleteequivalentofthetargetlanguage，andintranslation.　　2.2CategoryShifts　　CategoryShiftsinclude“rank-boundtranslation”and“unboundedtranslation”.The“rank-b

5、oundtranslation”referstotheequivalencesinsomespecialcaseswhicharedeliberatelylimitedtoranksbelowthesentences.Whilethe“unboundedtranslation”meansthatthetranslationequivalencescanoccurinanyranksoflanguage.（Catford，J.C，1965：76）.TherearefourtypesinCategoryShifts：Structureshifts，Classshift

6、s，Unitsshifts，andIntra-systemshifts.　　3.ApplicationofTranslationShiftTheoryin“SPOTLIGHT”　　ThischaptertriestoanalyzetheapplicationofCatford’sShiftTheorybygivingsomeexamplesinthetranslationofmovie“SPOTLIGHT”.　　3.1Introductionof“SPOTLIGHT”　　ProducedbytheAmericancompanyAnonymousContent，th

7、emovie“SPOTLIGHT”adaptedfromareportintheBostonGlobethataclergymanintheUnitedStatestookadvantageofhisstatustosexuallymolestedchildren.SPOTLIGHThasbeennominatedsixtimesatthe88thOscarawardsandwinstwoofthemfortheBestPictureandtheBestOriginalScreenplayin2016.　　3.2UseofLevelShifts　　InEnglis

8、h，the