The pragmatics of audiovisual translation: Voices from within in film subtitling

Guillot, Marie‐Noëlle

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2020.09.015

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“…The comparative translation analysis of the source text and its English fansubs is aimed at defining the main deviations from the established norms, as well as successful translation decisions (Xiu & Xeauyin, 2018;Agustawan, 2021). The study of the discrepancies between the source and target texts seeks to identify the aspects of audiovisual translation that pose main difficulties for fansubbers, and to determine the degree to which they affect the rendering of the cultural potential and the main idea of a film to foreign audiences (Valdeón, 2020;Guillot, 2020).…”

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Fansubbing practices in Ukraine

Gach

2021

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This research focuses on the analysis of the English non-professional subtitles of the Ukrainian films, produced by the amateur translators for whom English is a foreign language. Such exploration in the nature of fansubbing gives insights into the basic principles that define the notion of subtitling, examines the standards set to the audiovisual translation, and outlines the challenges fansubbers may face in the process of subtitling. The study is based on the following Ukrainian films of the second half of the XXth – beginning of the XXIst century: Chasing Two Hares (1961); Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965); Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2001). The analysis of the films is conducted on the syntactic, lexical, and grammatical levels, as well as on the level of fansubs screen presentation (spatial and temporal parameters). The study discusses fansubbers’ translation decisions from the perspective of their correlation with the established subtitling guidelines, and their effect on the foreign audience.

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Fansubbing practices in Ukraine

Gach

2021

lingcure

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“…The latter is an endeavour that is not a fruitful research path in the first place (see Section 7). Instead, we focus on the English subtitles in their own right (Guillot, 2020) and wonder how they, in combination with the retained audio-track and visual character information (action, appearance, language (Bednarek, 2011); spoken mode vs mis en scène (Ramos Pinto, 2018)), transfer information on relational work. Our data stems from the online streaming platform Viki.com, which gives a global viewership access to licensed Asian dramas (with or without subscription).…”

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Pragmatics in Translation

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Messerli³

2023

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This Element addresses translation issues within an interpersonal pragmatics frame. The aims of this Element are twofold: first, we survey the current state of the field of pragmatics in translation; second, we present the current and methodologically innovative avenues of research in the field. We focus on three pragmatics issues – relational work, participation structure, and mediality – that we foreground as promising loci of research on translational data. By reviewing the trajectory of pragmatics research on translation/interpreting over time, and then outlining our understanding of the Pragmatics in Translation as a field, we arrive at a set of potential research questions which represent desiderata for future research. These questions identify the paths that can be productively explored through synergies of the linguistic pragmatics framework and translation data. In two case study chapters, we offer two example studies addressing some of the questions we identified as suggestions for future research. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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“…Interlingual subtitling projects the textual representation of source-language communication to the new audience of a target language (Guillot, 2020). The task of the subtitler is to reconcile the tension between the diegetic interaction between on-screen speakers and the extra-diegetic information flows between the translated film and target audience Wang (Messerli, 2019).…”

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“…In both the production and reception of subtitling, there are medium-specific factors, such as spatial and temporal constraints, affecting the legibility and readability of translation, 6 while subtitlers and audiences may access the pragmatic idiosyncrasy of the translated information differently. In response to this, subtitlers converge language translation with wide-ranging communicative resources to help target audiences cope with the pluri-semiotic information flowing towards them (Guillot, 2020).…”

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Chinese translational fandoms: Transgressing the distributive agency of assemblages in audiovisual media

Wang

2022

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article seeks to critically reassess common interpretations of translational fandoms light of recent developments in the Chinese context. It further negotiates the rationale and theoretical implications of fan-based engagement for altering media globalisation and fandom studies, with reference to the transgressive engagement of fan translators with the transnational distribution of audiovisual media. Building on this, the ensuing exploration situates the non-representational work of fansubbing in a distributive agency of media assemblages and aligns it with the theory of digital intermediation. This article further argues that fansubbing is no longer the sole mechanism for translating global entertainment media on the Chinese internet, as shown by the fan work of translational remix. In this emerging translatorial engagement, media fans transgress linguacultural boundaries to recalibrate the distributed media into local contexts of prosumption. The findings may yield significant revaluation of preconceived ideas and, accordingly, more comprehensive understanding of translational fandoms.

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The pragmatics of audiovisual translation: Voices from within in film subtitling

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Fansubbing practices in Ukraine

Fansubbing practices in Ukraine

Pragmatics in Translation

Chinese translational fandoms: Transgressing the distributive agency of assemblages in audiovisual media

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