摘要
隨著經濟全球化的發展，跨文化交流正蓬勃發展，而電影為其中重要的管道之一。而當外國影片大量引進台灣之際，台灣電影也逐漸打進國際市場。電影字幕翻譯作為資訊傳遞的中介，其重要性與日俱增。高品質的字幕翻譯可以吸引更多觀眾也更能夠傳遞文化。字幕翻譯為翻譯的新領域，現已引起許多研究者的興趣，也成為現今的研究重點。在歐美已出現了多媒體翻譯、翻譯策略及字幕翻譯品質控管的研究熱潮。然而，當前國內對於字幕翻譯並未受到重視，甚至還有落後的跡象，這也相對影響台灣電影字幕翻譯。
本研究以直譯、重述、文化替代、改寫以及改寫等五種策略檢測台灣四部臺語電影俚語。結果顯示，重述為此四部電影譯者在翻譯臺語俚語字幕中最常出現之策略，占所有翻譯策略約六成比例。這個策略以更簡潔俐落的方式翻譯原文，也更易呈現原意之意涵。

Abstract
With the development of economic globalization, intercultural communication is in a rapid growth, among which films constitute an important channel. As the foreign films pour into Taiwan, Taiwanese films also begin to enter the international market. As a medium of information transmission, film subtitle translation plays a more and more important role. A high-quality subtitle translation can attract more audience and better convey cultures. As a new field of translation, film subtitle translation has attracted a great deal of interest among researchers and become a current focus for research. In Europe and America there has been an upsurge in studies of multimedia translation, translation strategies and quality control of subtitle translation. However, domestic studies on subtitle translation haven''t caught sufficient attention and have been lagging behind, which contributes negatively to the quality of Taiwanese film subtitle translation.
This research uses five translation strategies (direct translation, paraphrase, cultural substitution, adaptation, and omission) to examine slang found in four Taiwanese films. According to the findings, the translators of these films preferred to use mostly
the paraphrasing strategy in translating Tai-yu slang. The frequency of using this strategy is about 60 percent. This strategy makes it possible to express the translated
text in a plainer and simpler way than the source text so that the original implication between the lines can be easily revealed.

Table of Contents
摘要 i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of Contents v
List of Tables vi
List of Figures vi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Research Background and Motivation 1
1.3 Research questions 2
1.2 Significance of the Study 3
1.4 Outline of the Thesis 4
Chapter 2 Literature Review 5
2.1 Slang 5
2.1.1 The definition and features of slang 5
2.1.2 Translating Slang 6
2.2 Relevance Studies 7
2.3 Translation Strategies 13
Chapter 3 Methodology 19
3.1 Introduction 19
3.2 Research Samples 19
3.3 Data collection 20
3.3.1 Classification of Translation Strategies 21
3.3.2 Procedures 22
3.3.3 Trustworthiness 23
Chapter 4 Findings and Discussions 25
4.1 Translating Slang in Subtitling 25
4.2 Direct translation 25
4.3 Paraphrase 27
4.4 Cultural substitution 30
4.5 Adaptation… 33
4.6 Omission 35
4.7. Strategies rarely used 37
Chapter 5 Conclusion 38
5.1 Translating slang in subtitling 38
5.2 Limitations of this Study 39
5.3 Suggestions for Further Research 40
References 41
Appendix 46

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3.Audiovisual Media
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Twa-Tiu-Tiann [DVD] (2014). Taipei: DeepJoy.
Zone Pro Site [DVD] (2013). Taipei: Deltamac