The Humor Translation in American Sitcoms from the Perspective of Skopos Theory—A Case Study of Modern Family

Abstract

With the frequent cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, film and television series, not only gradually replace the mainstream position of traditional print media, but also play a very important role in cross-cultural communication. It is difficult to convey the same comic effect in different cultural backgrounds. Guided by Skopos theory, this paper takes the subtitle translation of Modern Family as an example to analyze the translation of some humorous lines in this sitcom. It aims to achieve the effect of integration, hoping to put forward more opinions on the subtitle translation of more excellent overseas comedy works in the future.