Multilingual Films in Translation: A Sociolinguistic and Intercultural Study of Diasporic Films

ISBN-13: 9781787071599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 248 str.

Micol Beseghi

Opis

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 interweaved. The book analyses a corpus of films about the South Asian diaspora translated for Italian audiences.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Translating multilingual films: Challenges and issues - Analysing multilingual films: A multidisciplinary approach - South Asian diasporic films: A multicultural and multilingual genre - Multilingualism in South Asian diasporic films - Translating South Asian diasporic films.

O autorze

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.