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Forlixt 1 – The Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation: Exploring macrostructures

  • Cristina Valentini
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Abstract

Forlixt 1 (Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation) is an ongoing project of the University of Bologna’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Culture, for the collection and study of data pertaining to film translation. After a brief summary of the main characteristics of the data base tools and of the ways data can be retrieved, the problem of a necessary methodological refinement will be tackled. In particular, the present contribution will aim to define a methodology for the comparison of original and dubbed versions of Italian and German films, through statistical analysis and discussion of macrostructures pertaining to peculiar linguistic and communicative occurrences. This will eventually help make the case for emphasizing the difference and higher reliability of such an approach compared to simple case studies.

Abstract

Forlixt 1 (Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation) is an ongoing project of the University of Bologna’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Culture, for the collection and study of data pertaining to film translation. After a brief summary of the main characteristics of the data base tools and of the ways data can be retrieved, the problem of a necessary methodological refinement will be tackled. In particular, the present contribution will aim to define a methodology for the comparison of original and dubbed versions of Italian and German films, through statistical analysis and discussion of macrostructures pertaining to peculiar linguistic and communicative occurrences. This will eventually help make the case for emphasizing the difference and higher reliability of such an approach compared to simple case studies.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction: Audiovisual translation comes of age 1
  5. Recent developments and challenges in audiovisual translation research 11
  6. Part 1. Electronic databases and corpora
  7. ICT approaches
  8. Forlixt 1 – The Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation: Exploring macrostructures 37
  9. Forlixt 1 – The Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation: Exploring microstructures 51
  10. New tools for translators: INTCA, an electronic dictionary of interjections 63
  11. Linguistic approaches
  12. Spoken language in film dubbing: Target language norms, interference and translational routines 79
  13. High felicity: A speech act approach to quality assessment in subtitling 101
  14. Inserts in modern script-writing and their translation into Spanish 117
  15. Part 2. Perception and quality
  16. Empirical approaches
  17. The perception of dubbese: An Italian study 135
  18. Acceptance of the norm or suspension of disbelief? The case of formulaic language in dubbese 149
  19. Measuring the perception of the screen translation of Un Posto al Sole : A cross-cultural study 165
  20. Cultural and psycholinguistic approaches
  21. Taming teen-language: The adaptation of Buffyspeak into Italian 183
  22. From darkness to light in subtitling 197
  23. Subtitles and line-breaks: Towards improved readability 211
  24. Socio-economic approaches
  25. The localization of promotional discourse on the internet 227
  26. Issues of quality in screen translation: Problems and solutions 241
  27. References 257
  28. Filmography 285
  29. Index 289
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.78.06val

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction: Audiovisual translation comes of age 1
  5. Recent developments and challenges in audiovisual translation research 11
  6. Part 1. Electronic databases and corpora
  7. ICT approaches
  8. Forlixt 1 – The Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation: Exploring macrostructures 37
  9. Forlixt 1 – The Forlì Corpus of Screen Translation: Exploring microstructures 51
  10. New tools for translators: INTCA, an electronic dictionary of interjections 63
  11. Linguistic approaches
  12. Spoken language in film dubbing: Target language norms, interference and translational routines 79
  13. High felicity: A speech act approach to quality assessment in subtitling 101
  14. Inserts in modern script-writing and their translation into Spanish 117
  15. Part 2. Perception and quality
  16. Empirical approaches
  17. The perception of dubbese: An Italian study 135
  18. Acceptance of the norm or suspension of disbelief? The case of formulaic language in dubbese 149
  19. Measuring the perception of the screen translation of Un Posto al Sole : A cross-cultural study 165
  20. Cultural and psycholinguistic approaches
  21. Taming teen-language: The adaptation of Buffyspeak into Italian 183
  22. From darkness to light in subtitling 197
  23. Subtitles and line-breaks: Towards improved readability 211
  24. Socio-economic approaches
  25. The localization of promotional discourse on the internet 227
  26. Issues of quality in screen translation: Problems and solutions 241
  27. References 257
  28. Filmography 285
  29. Index 289
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