Σχολιασμένη μετάφραση [EN-EL] του άρθρου Cultural references in subtitles της Heidi Zojer
Date Issued
October 5, 2018
Type
Πτυχιακή Εργασία
Abstract
This article seeks to address the lack of research in the field of subtitles by firstly giving a brief introduction into the history of subtitling by way of tracing the dubbing vs. subtitling debate as the advantages and disadvantages of subtitling are almost always discussed in opposition and/or in comparison with dubbing. Also, the challenges of translating culture-bound items described here for subtitling also apply to dubbing, which, again, has its own range of technical and temporal restrictions.
Secondly, this article tries to highlight the extremely difficult and challenging demands on subtitlers by investigating the technical restraints and restrictions, which make the translation of cultural references within subtitles particularly challenging.
In order to set up the framework for this analysis, I will attempt to describe the special translation processes involved in subtitling by analysing different translational approaches for cultural references in subtitles. The main objective of this paper, however, is to argue that a subtitler’s decision of how and, more importantly, if to translate cultural references in subtitles has wider implications than might be perceived at first glance. This paper argues that these cultural references are indicators of how cultures are becoming more and more intertwined through the progress and the advances of digital technology.
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