Areas and Methods of Audiovisual Translation Research

162 Pages·2015·2.5 MB·English

by  Łukasz Bogucki

ŁÓDŹ
STUDIES IN LANGUAGE
Edited by
Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Łukasz Bogucki
Editorial Board
Piotr Cap (University of Łódź, Poland)
Jorge Díaz-Cintas (University College London, England) Katarzyna Dziubalska-
Kołaczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) Wolfgang Lörscher
(Universität Leipzig, Germany) Anthony McEnery (Lancaster University,
England) John Newman (University of Alberta, Canada) Hans Sauer (Ludwig-
Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) Piotr Stalmaszczyk (University of
Łódź, Poland) Elżbieta Tabakowska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
Marcel Thelen (Zuyd University, Maastricht, The Netherlands) Gideon Toury
(Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Vol. 30
Łukasz Bogucki
Areas and Methods of Audiovisual
Translation Research
2nd Revised Edition
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Title: Areas and methods of audiovisual translation research / Łukasz Bogucki.
Description: Second Revised Edition. | Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, [2016] | Series: Lodz.
Studies in language ; 30 | Revised Edition of: Second edition, 2013. | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015040629| ISBN 9783631661970 (Print) | ISBN 9783653058598
(E-Book) Subjects: LCSH: Multimedia systems--Research. | Audiovisual equipment—Technological
innovations. | Translating and interpreting—Technological innovations.
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About the Author
Łukasz Bogucki is Director of the Institute of English at Łódź University
(Poland). He is the author / editor of nine books and over thirty articles on
translation theory, in particular audiovisual translation. His research interests
also include interpreting studies and computer assisted translation.
About the Book
“This little gem offers the reader an overview of the various practices that form
part of the ever increasing field of audiovisual translation (AVT) and makes
brave inroads into the less glamorous but definitely needed areas of theory and
research. Covering a wide range of topics in research in AVT, and admittedly
questioning ‘whether a universal methodology for audiovisual translation
research is feasible’, this volume theorises about the nature of AVT, helps to
frame some of the current trends, and points to potentially new research avenues.
The style is reader friendly and to the point; a most welcome addition to
translation studies.”
Jorge Díaz Cintas, University College London
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction – translation in the age of multimedia
CHAPTER ONE
TAXONOMISING AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION
Toward appropriate nomenclature and categorisation
In lieu of a historical perspective: dubbing and subtitling in audiovisual
translation research
Voice-over: the orphan child of audiovisual translation
Beyond the triad
Accessibility - audio description and subtitles for the deaf and the hard of
hearing
From spoken to written input: respeaking
Beyond the screen: theatre and opera translation by means of surtitling
The periphery of audiovisual translation - video game localisation
With or without interpreting?
Conclusions
CHAPTER 2
CHARACTERISING AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION
Mal nécessaire – the inadequacies of audiovisual translation
Evaluating audiovisual translations
The semiotics of audiovisual transfer
The audiovisual text and beyond
Invisibility of the audiovisual translator
Audiovisual redundancy
On a side note: creative uses of subtitles
Conclusions
CHAPTER 3
WITHIN AND OUTSIDE TRANSLATIONAL PARADIGMS −
RESEARCHING AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION
Translation - between art and science, across disciplines
Research models in translation studies
Norms in general and in translation studies
Translation quality assessment in descriptive translation studies
Think-aloud protocols
Action Research
Research within audiovisual translation - theoretical framework
Areas of audiovisual translation research
Audiovisual translation as a craft
Made for fans by fans: audiovisual translation in an amateur environment
Technical issues in audiovisual translation
Advanced technology in interdisciplinary research – studying subtitle
perception through eye-tracking data
Intertextuality
Cultural barriers in film translation
Language variety in audiovisual translation
Audiovisual transfer of humour
Audiovisual translation strategies and techniques
Multilinguality in film
The pragmatics of film translation - politeness and forms of address
Audiovisual translation in teaching contexts
Conclusions
CHAPTER FOUR
TOWARDS A METHODOLOGY OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION
General principles
In search of universals in translation
Audiovisual translation universals
Reception studies
Multimodality
Multidimensional translation: the MuTra project
Norms in audiovisual translation
Relevance in audiovisual translation
A cognitive approach to subtitling
Corpora in audiovisual translation studies
The process of (audiovisual) translation: think-aloud protocols and Translog
Action Research revisited
A methodological proposal: tertium comparationis in audiovisual contexts
Conclusions: interdisciplinarity and intermethodology
CONCLUSIONS
References
Audiovisual references
Appendix: audiovisual translation websites
Audiovisual translators’ associations
Research projects and research groups
Discussion forums
Websites devoted to audio description
Others
Index of terms ← 7 | 8 → ← 8 | 9 →