A Study on the Subtitle Translation of the Film Death Poetry Society From Skopos Theory

Film is not only a carrier of culture, but also an important medium for cultural communication, playing an increasingly important role in cross-cultural communication. Death Poetry Society is an inspirational film directed by Peter Weir Robin. The film is based on the theme of secondary school education, and tells the story of the Romanticist teacher Keating who leads the students to explore themselves and pursue the truth. Based on the analysis of the film’s subtitle translation characteristics, this paper applies the principle of Skopos Theory to conduct an in-depth study of the subtitle translation of the film Death Poetry Society and analyzes the strategies adopted by translators in film subtitle translation under the perspective of Skopos Theory. Using the three principles of Skopos Theory as a theoretical guide, this paper studies and discusses various translation methods used in film translation by comparing and analyzing the original subtitles and translation of Death Poetry Society, aiming to provide reference for improving the quality of subtitle translation of such film and television works.

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