从电影《阿凡达》的汉译看字幕翻译的最佳关联原则

关联理论对字幕翻译有很强的解释力,将最佳关联原则作为字幕翻译的根据和评价标准,具有较高的科学性和可操作性。译者的责任是在体会源文意图和评估观众认知环境的基础上,结合字幕信息的特点,采取适当的策略进行翻译,使观众以最小的努力,获得最佳的语境效果。该文以电影《阿凡达》的汉译字幕为例对此进行了说明。

Reflections on Optimal Relevance Principle Applied in the Subtitle Translation of Avatar

Relevance theory has great explanatory power on subtitle translation,and its optimal relevance principle can be considered as a basis and evaluation standard in translating subtitles.The paper holds that translators should evaluate the cognition level of the audience as well as understand the intentions of the source language,and consider the features of subtitle information before translating,so as to minimize the efforts of the audience in getting the optimal contextual effects.The paper takes the subtitle translation of Avatar as an example.