Speaking in Subtitles : Revaluing Screen Translation
by
Tessa Dwyer
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1474440991
ISBN-13
9781474440998
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2018
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
374 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 23.40 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismFilm history, theory or criticism
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This study argues that the contingencies of translation are vital to screen media’s global storytelling. Through examples ranging from avant-garde dubbing to crowdsourced subtitling, it proposes that screen media is fundamentally ‘translational’.
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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