Academy Award
奥斯卡金像奖

The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. Winners are awarded the statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, which is much better known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The 86th Academy Awards ceremony was held on 2 March, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, later than usual as to not clash with the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The 87th Academy Awards is held on 22 February, 2015.
学院奖，常称奥斯卡金像奖，是美国每年旨在嘉奖电影成就的奖项。获奖者被授予“学院功绩奖”的奥斯卡小金人奖杯。首届学院奖颁奖典礼于1929年在好莱坞的罗斯福酒店举行，由美国电影艺术与科学学院(AMPAS)组织与颁发。为了不与俄罗斯索契冬奥会冲突，第86届奥斯卡奖推迟举行，于2014年3月2日在加州洛杉矶杜比剧院举行颁奖典礼。第87届奥斯卡奖于2015年2月22日举行。

The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than two hundred countries. The Oscars is also the oldest entertainment awards ceremony; its equivalents, the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theatre, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording, are modeled after the Academy Awards.
1953年奥斯卡颁奖典礼首次实行电视转播，如今每年的颁奖典礼都会在超过200个国家进行现场直播。学院奖也是历史最悠久的媒体奖项，其在美国电影界的地位与电视界的艾美奖、戏剧界的托尼奖、音乐界的格莱美奖相当，而这些奖项也都是以学院奖为榜样而建立的。

Due to the positive exposure and prestige of the Academy Awards, studios spend millions of dollars and hire publicists specifically to promote their films during what is typically called the “Oscar season”. This has generated accusations of the Academy Awards being influenced more by marketing than quality.
由于奥斯卡金像奖正面的宣传形象和广泛的声望，各电影工作室在所谓的“奥斯卡季节”会花费上百万美元特地雇用记者来推销他们的电影。这也导致奥斯卡金像奖被诟病，越来越受市场化的影响，影片的质量却成了其次。