Abstract: With the reform and opening up and globalization, more and more English films rush  into China, but most of Chinese people are unlikely to directly understand the English film in the original. Therefore, film subtitle translators play a key role to assist the audience to understand the film. In the meanwhile, English film is an important way of language learning for English learners. In this paper, through the analysis of characteristics of film subtitles and the translation methods and the application of domestication and foreignization in translating the film Scent of a woman, the author studies how to combine domestication and foreignization in the subtitle translation practice and how to deal with the relationship between the source language culture and target language one, in order to reduce the cultural differences and promote the communication between different cultures. In the film translation, the translation should not only conform to the local people's language habits, but also be in accordance with the cultural connotation of the original text. Only by combining the two can the translator introduce outstanding foreign films more accurately, promote cultural exchanges between nations and stimulate the development of films all over the world.

Key words: subtitle translation; domestication and foreignization; Scent of a woman

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2. Literature Review2

  2.1 Definition of Domestication and Foreignization

  2.2 Relationship between Domestication and Foreignization

  2.3 Characteristics of Film Subtitle Translation

3. Analysis of Domestication and Foreignization in Film Subtitle Translation3

  3.1 Introduction of Scent of A Woman

  3.2 Domestication in the Film

    3.2.1 Reductive Paraphrasing

3.2.2 Simplification

3.3.3 Deletion

  3.3 Foreignization in the Film

3.3.1 Amplification

3.3.2 Literal Translation

  3.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Domestication and Foreignization in the Film

4. Conclusion.11

Bibliography13

Acknowledgements.14