Speaking in Subtitles: Revaluing Screen Translation

Speaking in Subtitles: Revaluing Screen Translation
ISBN-10
1474410960
ISBN-13
9781474410960
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2017-05-18
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Tessa Dwyer

Description

Over 6000 different languages are used in the world today, but the conventions of 'media speak' are far from universal and the complexities of translation are rarely acknowledged by the industry, audiences or scholars. Redressing this neglect, Speaking in Subtitles argues that the specific contingencies of translation are vital to screen media's global storytelling. Looking at a range of examples, from silent era intertitling to contemporary crowdsourced subtitling, and from avant-garde dubbing to the increasing practice of 'fansubbing', Tessa Dwyer proposes that screen media itself is a fundamentally 'translational' field.

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