Audiovisual Translation Language Transfer on Screen

by Anderman, Gunilla; Diaz-Cintas, Jorge

• ISBN13: 9780230019966
• ISBN10: 023001996X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book is an introduction by leading experts in the field to the fascinating subject of translating audiovisual programs for the television, the cinema, the Internet and the stage and the problems the differences between cultures can cause.

Author Biography

GUNILLA ANDERMAN was Professor of Translation Studies at the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, UK. She lectured on the under- as well as postgraduate programmes of translation. A professional translator of drama with translations of the plays staged in the UK, USA and South Africa, she was the author of Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre (2005). 

JORGE DÍAS CINTAS is Programme Convenor of the MA in Translation at Roehampton Univerity, London, UK. He is the author of several books and articles on subtitling, his most recent being Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling (2007). Since 2002 he has been the president of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation.

Table of Contents

Ackowledgements	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Subtitling and Surtitling
Subtitling for the DVD Industry	p. 21
Subtitling Norms in Greece and Spain	p. 36
Amateur Subtitling on the Internet	p. 49
The Art and Craft of Opera Surtitling	p. 58
Challenges and Rewards of Libretto Adaptation	p. 71
Revoicing
Dubbing versus Subtitling: Old Battleground Revisited	p. 85
The Perception of Dubbing by Italian Audiences	p. 97
Transfer Norms for Film Adaptations in the Spanish-German Context	p. 115
Voice-over in Audiovisual Translation	p. 130
Broadcasting Interpreting: A Comparison between Japan and the UK	p. 140
Accessibility to the Media
Interlingual Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing	p. 151
Audio Description in the Theatre and the Visual Arts: Images into Words	p. 170
Usability and Website Localisation	p. 186
Education and Training
Teaching Screen Translation: The Role of Pragmatics in Subtitling	p. 197
Pedagogical Tools for the Training of Subtitlers	p. 214
Teaching Subtitling in a Virtual Environment	p. 229
Subtitling: Language Learners' Needs vs. Audiovisual Market Needs	p. 240
Index	p. 252
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