Globalization and Film Titles Translation

With the rapid development of globalization, translation of the film titles plays a significant role in culture communication in the world. This article aims to reveal the underlying principles ruling the film title translation from English to Chinese. By analyzing film title translation from different perspectives, the Skopos theory has been introduced as the framework for the domain. Then, two principles of the Skopos theory, the loyalty principle and the skopos principle, have been discussed in detail through analyzing specific film titles translation.