Multilingual Films in Translation: A Sociolinguistic and Intercultural Study of Diasporic Films (24) (New Trends in Translation Studies) - Softcover

Beseghi, Micòl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787071596 ISBN 13: 9781787071599

Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

A contribution to the ever-growing field of audiovisual translation studies, this volume investigates the processes involved in the translation of multilingual films, a media genre where language, culture and identity are closely interwoven. To explore the relationships that get established between audiovisual translation, linguistic diversity and identity, the book analyses a corpus of immigrant films portraying the South Asian diaspora, with the aim of determining how diasporic identity is then reconstructed for the Italian audience through dubbing and subtitling. A sociolinguistic analysis model is proposed that covers all linguistic levels, including the use of ethnolects and some fundamental discourse strategies, such as code-switching and code-mixing, thus illustrating how linguistic choices and language variation are socio-culturally symbolic.

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About the Author:

Micòl Beseghi holds a PhD in Comparative Languages and Cultures from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and teaches English language and translation at the University of Parma. Her main research interests concern the fields of audiovisual translation, the didactics of translation, corpus linguistics and learner autonomy in foreign-language education. She has published articles on audiovisual translation, focusing on the study of linguistic variation in films, the transposition of orality in subtitling, the use of subtitles as a pedagogic tool in translation classes and the phenomenon of fansubbing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1787071596
• ISBN 13: 9781787071599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258