Abstract

Movie industry has become one of the biggest media in China, in the meantime, more and more foreign movies have been imported into China, Which become a vital part in people’s life. Thus movie translation becomes the problem that we must solve, and the movies imported are translated quite well by the several studios, for example: Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio. But for most of people especially foreign language learners like us. Movie translation still lacks attention and research. I found that subtitling is closely related to the techniques I learned in the interpreting. So I came up with the idea that subtitling can be used as the methods of learning interpreting. I happen to be preparing for the test of advanced interpretation, so I can do the research not only according to the previous researches, but also through my own experiences.

In order to research the use of subtitling in the learning of interpreting. I first talk about the definition and the introduction of subtitling. And those information can mainly come from the previous studies done by others. Secondly, I will study the basic learning methods and theories of interpreting and translation, also connect with my own learning procedure and feelings. Thirdly, the abilities that acquired and trained in the movie translation will be researched in the thesis and also the similarities and differences will be studied in detailed.

Then the more important part is the actual apply of movie translation in the learning of translation and interpreting. In this part, I’ll have the plan, prediction of the results and finally the actual result.

Keywords: movie translation; subtitling; learning interpreting; operation

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Background Information-1

1.1.1 The Development of Subtitling in China-1

1.1.2 Current State of Learning Interpreting-1

1.1.3 Personal motivation-2

1.2 Significance of the study-4

2. Literature Review-4

2.1 Subtitling in Movie Translation-5

2.2 Interpreting Learning-5

3. Using Subtitling to Learn Interpreting-6

3.1 The Similarities and Differences between Subtitling and Interpreting-6

3.2 Operation Design-7

3.3 Using Subtitling to Fill Four Gaps in Interpretation Learning-8

3.3.1 Using Subtitling to increase the learner’s Extra-linguistic Knowledge-8

3.3.2 Using Subtitling to develop the learner’s cross-cultural awareness-10

3.3.3 Using Subtitling to speed up the learner’s automatic response-10

3.3.4 Using Subtitling to motivate the learner in keeping learning interpreting-10

4. Results and Discussion-11

5. Conclusion-13

5.1 Major Findings and Implications-13

5.2 Limitations and Future Expectations-14