On Subtitle Translation of Documentary Seasons of China——from the Perspective of Skopos Theory

Seasons of China is an epic documentary series produced by CNC, which focuses on the 24 solar terms in and traditional Chinese culture. With both English dialogues subtitles, clearly presents long history unique customs China, favored audiences at home abroad. Skopos Theory core functionalist translation theory, emphasizing that purpose determines strategies specific methods. According to Theory, should follow three rules: skopos rule, coherence rule fidelity rule. Based order help audience under different cultural backgrounds better understand culture promote exchange development foreign cultures, this paper adopts method text analysis, discussing analyzing methods skills subtitle China.