As a breakthrough into the traditional translation concepts and an important complement to translation studies, Skopostheorie has opened up a new perspective to subtitling studies.

• 本文尝试从目的论的角度对英文电影的字幕翻译活动进行了研究和分析，认为字幕翻译作为一种特殊的翻译形式，既受翻译理论的影响，也受影视作品的独特性所约束。