英语毕业论文On the Humor Translation in Friends.docVIP

On the Humor Translation in Friends ? Abstract As an every phenomenon, humor is a typical and unique way of communication for human beings. Translation of humor helps people in different societies exchange their facilities their communication. Therefore, study on humor translation has gradually become an indispensable part in cross-cultural communication. In fact, beings language and cultural bound, humor frequently makes itself a tangible problem for translators. At the same time, with an increasing number of foreign films and TV program beings introduced into China, subtitling, especially of sitcoms, has occupied a significant position in the transmission of humor inherent in the audiovisual materials, which however, has not received as much attention as it deserves. This thesis, taking the popular American sitcoms Friends as an example, aims at exploring various categories of sitcom humor and discussing some feasible translation strategies. Key Words: humor; humor translation; sitcom; subtitling; Friends 内容摘要 幽默作为一种日常生活现象，是一种人类典型而独特的沟通方式。幽默翻译可以帮助身处不同社会环境中的人们进行幽默交流并且分享彼此的笑声，还能缩短他们的心理距离，促进其沟通，进而有利于其进一步交涉。因此，关于幽默翻译的研究也逐渐成为跨文化研究领域不可缺少的一部分。但是，实际上在日常生活中，幽默常常与文化或语言相连，这就在无形之中为译者造就了难题。与此同时，随着外国电影和电视节目不断被引进中国，字幕，特别是情景喜剧的字幕，便在文化交流中充当了越来越重要的角色。 本论文以当前流行美国情景喜剧《老友记》作为范例，通过对其字幕所反映的幽默进行详尽的分析，试图探索情景喜剧中各种各样的幽默，并试图探求一些可行的翻译策略和手段。 关键词：幽默；幽默翻译；情景喜剧；字幕；《老友记》 Contents Abstract (英文)…………………………………………………………………… i Abstract (中文)…………………………………………………………………… ii 1. Introduction………………………………………….……………………… 1 2. Literature Review …….…………………………………………………….. 2 2.1 Humor and Humor Translation………………………………............ .. 2 3. Review on Subtitling…………………………… 6 3.1 Brief Introduction of Audiovisual Translation………………………. 6 3.2 Definition and Types of Subtitle…………………………………….. 7 3.3 Features and Constraints of Subtitling……………………………… 9 4. Application of Translation Variation Theory in Humor…………………… 11 4.1 Humor in Friends……………………………………………………. 11 4.1.1 Introduction of Frien