很多中国电影名的英文翻译非常雷人，本着“意、达、雅”的原则，我们试着重新翻译一下。
Sometimes you will be shocked when reading the English names of some Chinese movies. Today let’s have a try at re-translating them based on faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance.
霸王别姬
原译：Farewell My Concubine 重译：Love on and off the Stage
A story about an affair?
The original title is from a tragic history allusion. It is used to symbolize the effect of China's political turmoil during the mid-20th century on the lives of two Peking opera stars and a woman who comes between them. "Love on and off the Stage" sounds better.
“永别了我的嫔妃”，够赤裸裸……
片名出自中国的一个带有悲剧色彩的历史典故，这里一方面指两位京剧伶人精彩的演出，也暗含了两个人半个世纪的悲欢离合。
卧虎藏龙
原译：Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 重译：Sword in Mind
A fiction movie?
卧虎藏龙 is a Chinese idiom, which refers to hidden geniuses. And this movie is about two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically skilled, adolescent nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroad in her life. How about "Sword in Mind"?
不了解的会以为是龙虎大战一类的魔幻片吧……
虽然字面意思是对的，不过深度和文化完全没有体现出来。卧虎藏龙代指隐藏着未被发现的人才或隐藏不露的人才，而在影片中却暗指了江湖的复杂和人心的险恶。
孔雀
原译：Peacock 重译：Flightless Bird
Reminds me of the documentary—"Animal World"...
Peacock is a symbol in this movie. Peacocks have beautiful feathers but don't fly. So do many people. This is exaggerated at the transition time of starting to implement reform and opening-up policy in China. So "Flightless Bird" is a much more appropriate choice.
《动物世界》即视感，请脑补赵忠祥老师富有磁性的嗓音…… 孔雀只是一个象征。它有着美丽的羽毛，却不能飞。很多有才华的人也会被生活的担子所累，困在现实中，无法施展自己的理想。人生是个笼子，每个人都被关在里面。别人观赏我们，我们也观赏别人，同时我们也观赏自己。
饮食男女
原译：Drink Eat Man Woman 重译：Cook My Own Life
What the heck is it?!
This movie realistically reflects the generational gap between traditional and modern Chinese cultures in a gentle style. The movie focuses on the family of a retired chief and his three daughters, as well as his relationship with neighbors. Since it tells a family story, it could be named "Cook My Own Life".
原来直译可以到如此地步……，照这么说，吃饭就应该叫Eat Rice
饮食是生活中不可或缺的一部分，这里既写出了主人公厨师的身份，也暗喻了家庭生活中几代人中的关系和冲突。
Source: english.qianlong.com
