TRA2045

2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Module Code: TRA2045

Module Title: INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION

Module Provider: Language & Translation Studies	Short Name: TRA2045
Level: HE2	Module Co-ordinator: DESILLA L Dr (Lang & Trans)
Number of credits: 15	Number of ECTS credits: 7.5

Module Availability

Semester 1

Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment (SITS MAB)	Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
In-class presentation	40%
Subtitling project (1,500 words)	60%
Qualifying Condition(s) A weighted aggregate of 40% is required to pass the module.

Module Overview

This is a Level 2 module, taught in Semester 1, with two contact hours per teaching week. Attendance is compulsory.

Prerequisites/Co-requisites

Successful completion of HE1 or equivalent.

Module Aims

This module aims to introduce students to the subtitling of audiovisual material such as films and TV programmes for foreign-language audiences, placing it in the context of interlingual translation generally but also emphasising its distinctive characteristics as intermodal (sound-image-speech).

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the general principles of screen translation and, in particular, subtitling;
show an understanding of the importance of translation theory to screen translation;
show an awareness of the practical constraints involved in subtitling through completion of hands-on tasks;
demonstrate a critical awareness of interlingual subtitling practice.

Module Content

The following areas are indicative of topics to be covered:

Introduction to screen translation and the three stages involved in subtitling.
The spatio-temporal constraints of subtitling.
Spotting.
Integration of the visual and audio elements.
Spoken language in written form.
Editing/condensing text.
Application of translation theory to subtitling.
Evaluation of subtitled productions in the target language.

Methods of Teaching/Learning

2 hours per week for one semester. Interactive language seminars (in English) including practical tasks.

Selected Texts/Journals

Essential Reading:

Delabastita, D. (1989) “Translation And Mass-Communication: Film And T.V. Translation as Evidence of Cultural Dynamics” Babel 35: 4, pp. 193-218.

Díaz-Cintas, J. & A. Remael (2007) Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling. Manchester: St. Jerome.

Kozloff, S. (2000) Overhearing Film Dialogue. California: University of California Press.

Ivarsson, J. (1992) Subtitling For The Media. Stockholm: Transedit HB.

de Linde, Z. (1995) "‘Read My Lips’: Subtitling Principles, Practices, And Problems". Perspectives: Studies In Translatology, 3:1, pp. 9-20.

Recommended Reading:

Dries, J. (1995) Dubbing And Subtitling: Guidelines For Production And Distribution. Dusseldorf: The European Institute For The Media.

Fawcett, P. (1983) “Translation Modes And Constraints” The Incorporated Linguist 22/4, pp.186-190.

Fawcett, P. (1996) “Translating Film.” In Harris (ed.) On Translating French Literature And Film. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 65-88.

Gambier, Y. (2006) “Multimodality and Subtitling”. In M. Carroll, H.G. Argobast & S. Nauert (eds.) Proceedings of the Marie Curie Euroconferences MuTra: Audiovisual Translation Scenarios, Copenhagen 1-5 May 2006. Online. http://www.euroconferences.info/proceedings/2006_Proceedings/2006_proceedings.html

(last accessed 29 July 2010).

Nedergaard-Larsen, B. (1993) "Culture-Bound Problems In Subtitling" In Perspectives: Studies In Translatology, 1:2 University Of Copenhagen, pp. 207-241.

Pedersen, J. (2005) “How is culture rendered in subtitles?”. In S. Nauert (ed.) Proceedings of the Marie Curie Euroconferences MuTra Challenges of Multidimensional Translation, Saarbrücken, 2-6 May 2005. Online. http://www.euroconferences.info/proceedings/2005_Proceedings/2005_Pedersen_Jan.pdf

(last accessed 29 July 2010).

Phillips, P. (2000) Understanding Film Text: Meaning and Experience. London: British Film Institute.

Remael, A. (2004) “A place for film dialogue analysis in subtitling courses”. In P. Orero (ed.) Topics in Audiovisual Translation. Amsterdam & Atlanta: John Benjamins, pp. 103-126.

Tveit, J. (2004) Translating for Television. A Handbook in Screen Translation. Bergen: Kolofon AS.

Background Reading:

Díaz-Cintas, J. (2004) “Subtitling: the long journey to academic acknowledgement”. Journal of Specialised Translation 1: 50-70. Online.

http://www.jostrans.org/issue01/art_diaz_cintas.php (last accessed 29 July 2010).

Gambier, Y. (Ed) (1998) Translating For The Media Papers From The International Conference Languages & The Media. Berlin, November 22-23, 1996. Turku: Painosalama Oy.

Georgakopoulou, P. (2009) “Subtitling for the DVD Industry”. In J. Díaz-Cintas, & G. Anderman (eds) Audiovisual Translation: Language Transfer on Screen. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-35.

Gottlieb, H. (2005) “Multidimensional translation: semantics turned “semiotics”’. In S. Nauert (ed.) Proceedings of the Marie Curie Euroconferences MuTra Challenges of Multidimensional Translation, Saarbrücken, 2-6 May 2005. Online. http://www.euroconferences.info/proceedings/2005_Proceedings/2005_proceedings.html (last accessed 29 July 2010).

Kovacic, I. (1994) “Relevance as a factor in subtitling reductions”. In C. Dollerup and A. Lindgaard (eds) Teaching Translation and Interpreting 2. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 244-251.

Kovacic, I. (1996) ‘Subtitling strategies: a flexible hierarchy of priorities’. In C.Heiss & M. Bollettieri Bosinelli (eds) Proceedings from the International Conference: Traduzione Multimediale per il Cinema, la Televisione e la Scena, Forli, 26-28 October 1995. Bologna: CLUEB, pp. 297-305.

Luyken, G. M. et al. (1991) Overcoming Language Barriers In Television. Manchester: The European Institute For The Media. Media Monograph No 13.

Vöge. H, (1977) “The Translation Of Films: Sub-Titling Versus Dubbing”, Babel 23/3, pp. 120-125.

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