Abstract: As an important part of film, film title contains the theme of a film and expresses the connotation of the movie, and most important of all, serves the function of attracting audience. So far there is no agreed principle of film title. In the light of this background, the paper is to make a tentative study of E-C film title translation from the perspective of functional equivalence. The paper aims to argue that there is much room for its application. It is concluded that if we use Functional Equivalence properly, we may produce a satisfying and understandable film title.

Key words: English film title; functional equivalence; translating methods 

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

2. General Survey of Film Titles1

2.1 Quality of Film Titles

  2.2 Features of Film Titles

  2.3 Functions of Film Titles

  2.4 The Current Situation of Film Titles

3. Nida’s Functional Equivalence and Film Title Translation 5

  3.1 Nida’s “Functional Equivalence”

3.2 The Essence of Functional Equivalence

3.3 Requirements of Functional Equivalence

4 .Application of Nida’s “Functional Equivalence” in Film Titles Translation7

4.1 Literal Translation

4.2 Free Translation

4.3 Combination of Literal Translation and Free Translation

4.4 Transliteration

5. Conclusion8

Bibliography.11

Acknowledgements..12