Speaking in subtitles : revaluing screen translation / Tessa Dwyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dwyer, Tessa, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Translating.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

Summary:

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 fundamentally translational field.

Contents:

Part I. Devaluation and deconstruction

Sub/dub wars: attitudes to screen translation

Vanishing subtitles: the invisible cinema (1970-4)

Dubbing undone: Can dialectics break bricks? (1973)

Part II. Errant and emergent practices

Media piracy, censorship and misuse

Fansubbing and abuse: anime and beyond

Streaming, subbing, sharing: Viki Global TV

Conclusion: error screens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.

ISBN:

1474410944

9781474410946

OCLC:

959591948