Translating Chinese Movie Titles into English:A Systematic Strategy

As a very important part of people’s daily life, film is a popular and influential medium. People from all over the world now have easy access to get to know China through Chinese movies. Therefore the translation of movie titles is very important since they give potential audiences the first impression. This study collects some English translation versions of Chinese movies and discusses their translation strategy. Based on the analysis of some successful examples and inappropriate translations, we put forward a systematic strategy of translating movie titles.