dubbing, Mona Baker

Dubbing, Film and Performance: Uncanny Encounters

August 29, 2015 Mona Baker Publications, Translation

By Charlotte Bosseaux Series: New Trends in Translation Studies – Volume 16 Year of Publication: 2015 Peter Lang, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2015. VIII, 242 pp., 3 tables ISBN 978-3-0343-0235-7 pb. (Softcover) Book synopsis Research on dubbing in audiovisual productions has been prolific in the past few decades, which has helped

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audiovisual translation, Charlotte Bosseaux, dubbing

Rethinking the Art of Subtitles

September 17, 2014 Mona Baker Articles, Translation

By Grant Rosenberg/Paris Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Early on in the 2004 supernatural Russian thriller Night Watch, the protagonist, trying to prevent a witch from casting a spell on his unborn child, yells at the top of his lungs in protest. For English-speaking audiences, the subtitles do more than just translate the literal meaning: the words “no” and “stop” with three