英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1023 - 《银河护卫队》惨遭翻译荼毒？

 Topic1 Promoting fitness to become a national strategyChina has just made promoting fitness among its people one of the government's national strategies.

In a policy document issued earlier this week, the State Council, China's Cabinet, has unveiled measures to accelerate the fast-growing industry's development and get people exercising.

Is it a great idea?

Topic2 Do Chinese people need better dental care?

Healthy, beautiful teeth are now a sign of the times in China.

Although there is a very strong focus on health among the Chinese people, somehow dental health seems to be not part of this agenda for many.

Do Chinese people have bad teeth?

Topic3 382 million milllennials demand corporate¹ social responsibilityA new report indicates that a vast majority of millennials across the world expects brands to engage in corporate social responsibility—and China is no different.

A survey by communications agency MSL Group that questioned 8,000 milllennials worldwide born between 1984 and 1996 found that in China, 92 percent of respondents demand business involvement in addressing social issues.

What does the survey say?

Topic4 Complaints on Movie Subtitle² TranslationSpoiler alert. We are going to talk about the blockbuster Guardians³ of the Galaxy⁴ today. It opened well in China recently but receives mixed reviews from Chinese film critics and moviegoers, predominantly because of the allegedly atrocious subtitles⁵.

If you have watched the film, welcome to join our discussion.

If you haven't, you can remember the mistakes we are going to mention, and tell your dates or friends when you go to watch the movie, and impress them.

Is the accusation⁶ well-grounded? How bad is the translation?

1 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

2 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

3 guardians   

监护人( guardian的名词复数 )； 保护者，维护者

参考例句：

• Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
• The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。

4 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

5 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

6 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。