Translating Subtitles - Translating Cultures

Malenova, Evgeniya D.; Малёнова, Е.

doi:10.17516/1997-1370-2015-8-12-2891-2900

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“…Although this strategy was not mentioned by Pedersen (2005, 2011), it is a common strategy when subtitling to Arabic In the Arabic culture, people tend not to talk about, watch or listen to sex-related issues so openly. This difference in culture forced the subtitler to render many expressions of sex-related concepts euphemistically to be more acceptable for the target culture viewers, which is a kind of physiological restriction (Malenova, 2015). Examples of this strategy are provided below:…”

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“…Malenova (2015) claims that there are several restrictions in the process of subtitling. These restrictions are normative restrictions, social restrictions, personal restrictions, and physiological restrictions.…”

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“…religious terms, ethical terms). Personal restrictions are about how the translator sees the world and which might affect “some unique variants of translation, and to making crucial mistakes” (Malenova, 2015, p.2893). Physiological restrictions are related to the human perception and the cognitive processes during the subtitling process which make some subtitlers differ from others in terms of perception and comprehension.…”

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Subtitling of culture-bound terms: strategies and quality assessment

Abdelaal

2019

Heliyon

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Subtitling, one of the under-researched topics in translation studies, is a challenging task faced by many restrictions that compel subtitlers to use specific strategies to enhance the quality of the subtitles. In relation to this, this study aimed to identify the subtitling strategies adopted in subtitling the culture-bound terms in the American movie entitled ‘The American Pie’, and to assess the quality of the translation of these terms. For this purpose, the data was collected from the movie and qualitatively analyzed using Pedersen's (2005, 2011) typology and Pedersen's (2017) quality assessment model. The results of the study showed that most of the strategies proposed by Pedersen were used. It was also found that some other translation strategies were used in the subtitles. Two new subtitling strategies were identified by the author, viz., using euphemistic expressions and using formal language to render informal language. The quality assessment showed that most subtitles are of a good quality, as in few cases there were some serious errors or problems.

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Subtitling of culture-bound terms: strategies and quality assessment

Abdelaal

2019

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“…In the Arabic culture, people tend not to talk about, watch or listen to sex-related issues openly or explicitly. This cultural difference obliges the subtitler to euphemistically render some sex-related words to make them more suitable to target culture viewers, which is a kind of physiological limitation ( Malenova, 2015 ). Examples of such a strategy use are provided below.…”

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Subtitling strategies of swear words and taboo expressions in the movie “Training Day”

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Sarhani

2021

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“…Another challenge is the visual cuts, one that a subtitle should not be retained on a screen during a shot change and, a clear margin should be left on either side of the visual cuts (Zojer, 2011). Malenova (2015) classifies four restrictions in the process of subtitling; normative restrictions, social restrictions, personal restrictions, and physiological restrictions.…”

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Lost in Translation: Culture-bound Lexical Items in English Subtitles of the Rap Songs by Indian Rapper ‘Badshah’ in Bollywood Movies from 2016-2021

Sinha¹

2021

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Subtitling, a subfield of translation studies has witnessed a recent upsurge in India. The rise of subtitling services can be attributed to the fact that the number of viewers from outside the country is increasing phenomenally, thanks to the global streaming platforms. Subtitling is an art; it involves translation of the language of the video to another language with an objective to retain the temper of the original message for the target audience. The subtitler is faced with the daunting task of preserving the idiom of the source text (ST) and the target text (TT). Since, the meaning in both source and target language is profoundly affected by the cultural context, it is important to undertake the practice of translation while respecting and reflecting cultural ethos of each language. This research aims to investigate the English subtitles of selected famous rap sequences by Indian rapper ‘Badshah’ in Bollywood songs released from 2016 to 2021. With an aim to assess the quality of translation of the selected song sequences, an analysis is made of the sematic peculiarities that are lost in translation from Hindi/Punjabi to English. The loss can be mainly attributed to Hindi and Punjabi cultural references or culture-bound terms which do not have a suitable equivalent lexical item in English language.

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Translating Subtitles - Translating Cultures

Abstract: The paper focuses upon the problem of trans-cultural transfer in subtitling as

Cited by 11 publications

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Subtitling of culture-bound terms: strategies and quality assessment

Subtitling of culture-bound terms: strategies and quality assessment

Subtitling strategies of swear words and taboo expressions in the movie “Training Day”

Lost in Translation: Culture-bound Lexical Items in English Subtitles of the Rap Songs by Indian Rapper ‘Badshah’ in Bollywood Movies from 2016-2021

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